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Regulation 112 Calculation of capital outside the United Kingdom

Capital which a claimant possesses in a country outside the United Kingdom shall be calculated—

(a)

in a case in which there is no prohibition in that country against the transfer to the United Kingdom of an amount equal to its current market or surrender value in that country, at that value;

(b)

in a case where there is such a prohibition, at the price which it would realise if sold in the United Kingdom to a willing buyer,

less, where there would be expenses attributable to sale, 10 per cent. and the amount of any incumbrance secured on it.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1

1995 c.18.

F2

Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision: it is cited because it contains powers exercised in these Regulations in the definitions of “employment", “jobseeker's period", “pensionable age", “pensionable payments", “training" and “work" and because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed" and “regulations".

F3

1992 c.5; section 191 is an interpretation provision and it is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".

F4

1992 c.4; sections 171D and 171G(2) were inserted by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c.18), section 6(1) and have effect for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act 1995 by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act. Section 171G(2) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".

F5

See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).