# The Social Security (Child Maintenance Bonus) Regulations 1996, Regulation 5: Amount payable

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The amount of the bonus shall be—
(a) subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a sum representing the aggregate of—
(i) £5 for each benefit week in the bonus period in which the amount of child maintenance payable was not less than £5; and
(ii) where in any benefit week in the bonus period the amount of child maintenance payable was less than £5, the amount that was payable;
(b) the amount of the child maintenance paid in the bonus period; or
(c) £1,000,
whichever amount is the least
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) So much of any child maintenance paid in excess of the amount either—
(a) declared for the purposes of determining the amount of qualifying benefit payable to the applicant or her partner; or
(b) retained by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 74A(3) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992,
shall be disregarded in determining the amount payable under paragraph (1).
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(5) Where but for this paragraph the amount of bonus payable in accordance with paragraph (1) would be less than £5, the amount of the bonus shall be Nil.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3195/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-child-maintenance-bonus-regulations-1996/regulation-5
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.