{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-back-to-work-bonus-no2-regulations-1996/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-back-to-work-bonus-no2-regulations-1996/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2570",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus) (No.2) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-back-to-work-bonus-no2-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Single claimants who are couples",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) two persons are living together as a married or unmarried couple;\n(b) each of those persons was in receipt of a qualifying benefit during the whole or part of the time they were a couple; and\n(c) had they declared they were a couple, either—\n(i) no qualifying benefit would have been payable to them; or\n(ii) a qualifying benefit would have been payable to only one member of the couple,\nthe provisions of these Regulations shall have effect subject to paragraphs (3) to (5).\n(2) Where—\n(a) three or more persons who are living together are members of a polygamous marriage;\n(b) two or more of those persons were in receipt of a qualifying benefit during the whole or part of the time they lived together and were members of a polygamous marriage; and\n(c) had they declared that they were members of a polygamous marriage, either,\n(i) no qualifying benefit would have been payable to them; or\n(ii) a qualifying benefit would have been payable to only one or some of the members of the polygamous marriage,\nthe provisions of these Regulations shall also have effect subject to the following paragraphs.\n(3) In a case where in any benefit week no benefit would have been payable, any earnings received in that benefit week shall be disregarded in determining the amount of the bonus.\n(4) In a case where a qualifying benefit is or would have been payable to one member of the couple or polygamous marriage, any earnings which were taken into account in the separate awards of the qualifying benefit to each member of the couple or polygamous marriage shall, subject to paragraph (5), be taken into account in accordance with regulation 8.\n(5) Where at the time the persons mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (2)(a) first become a married or unmarried couple or members of a polygamous marriage, the amount of any bonus, determined in accordance with the preceding provisions of this regulation and regulation 8—\n(a) would be £1,000 or more, the amount of the bonus shall be the higher amount and shall not be increased further by reference to any earnings accruing since that time; or\n(b) was less than £1,000, earnings accruing since that time shall be taken into account in accordance with regulation 8, but not so as to increase the amount of the bonus payable to more than £1,000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (25.10.2004) by The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1589), regs. 1(1), 8 (with reg. 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2570/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:34:13.966551+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."
}