{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-capital-limitsand-earnings-disregards-regulations-2000/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-capital-limitsand-earnings-disregards-regulations-2000/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2545",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Amendment (Capital Limitsand Earnings Disregards) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-capital-limitsand-earnings-disregards-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Capital limits",
  "text": "(1) In the Income Support Regulations —\n(a) in regulation 41(1) (capital treated as income), after the figure “£8,000\" there shall be inserted the words “ or, in a case where regulation 45(aa) applies, £12,000 ”;\n(b) in regulation 45 (capital limit)—\n(i) in paragraph (a), after the word “paragraph\" there shall be inserted the words “ (aa) or ”;\n(ii) after paragraph (a), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(aa) where the circumstances prescribed in regulation 53(1ZA) apply in the claimant’s case, the prescribed amount is £12,000;”;\n(c) in regulation 53 (calculation of tariff income from capital)—\n(i) in paragraph (1), after the word “paragraph\" there shall be inserted the words “ (1ZA) or ”;\n(ii) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(1ZA) Where the claimant—\n(a) is aged 60 or over or has a partner who is aged 60 or over;\n(b) is not a person to whom the circumstances prescribed in paragraph (1B) apply; and\n(c) has capital which, calculated in accordance with this Part, exceeds £6,000,\nthat capital shall be treated as equivalent to a weekly income of £1 for each complete £250 in excess of £6,000 but not exceeding £12,000.”;\n(iii) in both paragraphs (2) and (3), after “(1)\" there shall be inserted “ , (1ZA) ”.\n(2) In the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations —\n(a) in regulation 104(1) (capital treated as income), after the figure “£8,000\" there shall be inserted the words “ or, in a case where regulation 107(aa) applies, £12,000 ”;\n(b) in regulation 107 (capital limit)—\n(i) in paragraph (a), after the word “paragraph\" there shall be inserted the words “ (aa) or ”;\n(ii) after paragraph (a), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(aa) where the circumstances prescribed in regulation 116(1ZA) apply in the claimant’s case, the prescribed amount is £12,000;”;\n(c) in regulation 116 (calculation of tariff income from capital)—\n(i) in paragraph (1), after the word “paragraph\" there shall be inserted the words “ (1ZA) or ”;\n(ii) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(1ZA) Where the claimant—\n(a) is aged 60 or over or has a partner who is aged 60 or over;\n(b) is not a person to whom the circumstances prescribed in paragraph (1B) apply; and\n(c) has capital which, calculated in accordance with this Part, exceeds £6,000,\nthat capital shall be treated as equivalent to a weekly income of £1 for each complete £250 in excess of £6,000 but not exceeding £12,000.”;\n(iii) in both paragraphs (2) and (3), after “(1)\" there shall be inserted “ ,(1ZA) ”.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 2(3)(4) revoked (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/671, 1996/462 and 1999/3178."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1516, 1997/65 and 1999/2860."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2545/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:20:18.045545+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}