Regulation 6 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 and of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992

after paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

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4A

Where the claimant is a member of a joint-claim couple for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and his partner is on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, the whole of the claimant’s income.”;

after paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 (capital to be disregarded), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

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5A

Where the claimant is a member of a joint-claim couple for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and his partner is on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, the whole of the claimant’s capital.”.