Regulation 6 Amount of the guarantee creditI1

Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security (2023 Benefits Up-rating) 2024 art. 28(2)(a)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2024 art. 29(2)(a)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2024 art. 29(2)(b)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2026 art. 29(2)(a)
reg. 6(1)(a) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2016 art. 6(a)
reg. 6(1)(b) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2016 art. 6(b)
reg. 6(5)(b) words inserted by Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) 2016 reg. 31(3)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 art. 24(2)(a)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 art. 25(2)(a)
reg. 6(3)(a)(b) sum specified by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 art. 24(6) Sch. 13
reg. 6(3)(a)(b) sum specified by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 art. 25(6) Sch. 13
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 art. 24(2)(b)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 art. 25(2)(b)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 art. 24(2)(c)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 art. 25(2)(c)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2018 art. 25(2)(a)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 art. 26(2)(a)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security (2017 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 art. 24(2)(a)
reg. 6(3)(a)(b) sum specified by Social Security (2017 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 art. 24(6) Sch. 13
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2018 art. 25(2)(b)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 art. 26(2)(b)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security (2017 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 art. 24(2)(b)
reg. 6(6)(b) word omitted by State Pension Credit (Additional Amount for Child or Qualifying Young Person) 2018 reg. 2(2)(a)(i)
reg. 6(6)(c) words substituted by State Pension Credit (Additional Amount for Child or Qualifying Young Person) 2018 reg. 2(2)(a)(ii)
reg. 6(6)(d) added by State Pension Credit (Additional Amount for Child or Qualifying Young Person) 2018 reg. 2(2)(a)(iii)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2018 art. 25(2)(c)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 art. 26(2)(c)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security (2017 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 art. 24(2)(c)
reg. 6(11)-(17) added by State Pension Credit (Additional Amount for Child or Qualifying Young Person) 2018 reg. 2(2)(b)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2019 art. 25(2)(a)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 art. 26(2)(a)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security (2018 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 art. 25(2)(a)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2019 art. 25(2)(b)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 art. 26(2)(b)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security (2018 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 art. 25(2)(b)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2019 art. 25(2)(c)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 art. 26(2)(c)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security (2018 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 art. 25(2)(c)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2020 art. 30(2)(a)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2020 art. 30(2)(b)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2020 art. 30(2)(c)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2021 art. 30(2)(a)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2021 art. 30(2)(b)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2021 art. 30(2)(c)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2022 art. 29(2)(a)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2022 art. 30(2)(a)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2022 art. 29(2)(b)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2022 art. 30(2)(b)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2022 art. 29(2)(c)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2022 art. 30(2)(c)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2023 art. 29(2)(a)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2023 art. 30(2)(a)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security (2022 Benefits Up-rating) 2023 art. 29(2)(a)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2023 art. 29(2)(b)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2023 art. 30(2)(b)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security (2022 Benefits Up-rating) 2023 art. 29(2)(b)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2023 art. 29(2)(c)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2023 art. 30(2)(c)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security (2022 Benefits Up-rating) 2023 art. 29(2)(c)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security (2023 Benefits Up-rating) 2024 art. 28(2)(b)
reg. 6(6)(c) word omitted by Social Security (State Pension Age Claimants: Closure of Tax Credits) 2024 reg. 3(3)(a)
reg. 6(6)(d) word substituted for full stop by Social Security (State Pension Age Claimants: Closure of Tax Credits) 2024 reg. 3(3)(b)
reg. 6(6)(e) inserted by Social Security (State Pension Age Claimants: Closure of Tax Credits) 2024 reg. 3(3)(c)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2024 art. 29(2)(c)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security (2023 Benefits Up-rating) 2024 art. 28(2)(c)
reg. 6(1) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2025 art. 29(2)(a)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2025 art. 29(2)(b)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2025 art. 29(2)(c)
reg. 6(5) sums substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2026 art. 29(2)(b)
reg. 6(8) sum substituted by Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2026 art. 29(2)(c)
reg. 6(5)(b) words inserted by Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) Regulations 2023 2023 art. 38(3)

(1)

Except as provided in the following provisions of these Regulations, the standard minimum guarantee is –

C1(a)

F1£230∙85 per week in the case of a claimant who has a partner;

C2(b)

£151∙20 per week in the case of a claimant who has no partner.

(2)

Paragraph (3) applies in the case of –

(a)

prisoners, and

(b)

members of religious orders who are fully maintained by their order.

(3)

In a case to which this paragraph applies –

C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15(a)

section 2(3) of the Act has effect with the substitution for the reference to the standard minimum guarantee in section 2(3)(a) of the Act of a reference to a nil amount, and

C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24(b)

except in the case of a person who is a remand prisoner, nil is the prescribed additional amount for the purposes of section 2(3)(b) of the Act.

(4)

Except in a case to which paragraph (3) applies, an amount additional to that prescribed in paragraph (1) shall be applicable under paragraph (5) if the claimant is treated as being a severely disabled person in accordance with paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 (circumstances in which persons are treated as being or not being severely disabled).

(5)

The additional amount applicable is –

C25(a)

except where paragraph (b) applies, F2£61∙85 per week if paragraph 1(1)(a), (b) or (c) of Part I of Schedule 1 is satisfied, or

C26(b)

£123∙70 per week if paragraph 1(1)(b) of Part I of Schedule 1 is satisfied otherwise than by virtue of paragraph 1(2)(b) of that Part and no one is entitled to and in receipt of an allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (carer’s allowance) in respect of caring for either partner.

(6)

Except in a case to which paragraph (3) applies, an amount additional to that prescribed in paragraph (1) shall be applicable –

(a)

if paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 1 (amount applicable for carers) is satisfied;

(b)

in accordance with Part III of Schedule 1 (amount applicable for former claimants of income support or income-based jobseeker’s allowance), or

(c)

except where paragraph (7) applies, in accordance with Schedule 2 (housing costs).

(7)

This paragraph applies in the case of a person who has been detained in custody for more than 52 weeks pending trial or sentence following conviction by a court.

C27(8)

The amount applicable if paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 1 is satisfied is F3£34∙60 per week, and in the case of partners, this amount is applicable in respect of each partner who satisfies that paragraph.

(9)

In the case of a remand prisoner, paragraph (6) shall apply as if sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of that paragraph were omitted.

(10)

In this regulation, “remand prisoner” means a person who, for a period not exceeding 52 weeks, has been detained in custody on remand pending trial or, as a condition of bail, required to reside in a hostel or, as the case may be, detained pending sentence upon conviction.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sums in reg. 6(1) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(k) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/124), arts. 1(1)(k), 24(2)(a)
F2: Sums in reg. 6(5) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(k) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/124), arts. 1(1)(k), 24(2)(b)
F3: Sum in reg. 6(8) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(k) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/124), arts. 1(1)(k), 24(2)(c)

Modifications

C1: Reg. 6(1)(a): sum confirmed (7.4.2003) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/155), arts. 1(1)(d), 24(2)(a)
C2: Reg. 6(1)(b): sum confirmed (7.4.2003) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/155), arts. 1(1)(d), 24(2)(b)
C3: Reg. 6(3)(a): sum specified (7.4.2003) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/155), arts. 1(1)(d), 24(6), Sch. 14
C4: Reg. 6(3)(a): sum specified (12.4.2004) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/82), arts. 1(1)(e), 24(6), Sch. 16
C5: Reg. 6(3)(a): sum specified (11.4.2005) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/82), arts. 1(1)(f), 24(6), Sch. 16
C6: Reg. 6(3)(a): sum specified (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2), 6 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/109), arts. 1(1)(g), 24(6), Sch. 16
C7: Reg. 6(3)(a): sum specified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/153), art. 24(6), Sch. 16
C8: Reg. 6(3)(a): sum specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (revoked) 2008 (S.R. 2008/92), art. 24(6), Sch. 16
C9: Reg. 6(3)(a): sums specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(k) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked) 2009 (S.R. 2009/89), art. 24(6), Sch. 13
C10: Reg. 6(3)(a): sum specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (revoked) 2010 (S.R. 2010/118), art. 24(6), Sch. 13
C11: Reg. 6(3)(a): sum specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 (revoked) 2011 (S.R. 2011/119), arts. 1(1)(l), 25(6), Sch. 13
C12: Reg. 6(3)(a)(b): sum specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/116), arts. 1(1)(l), 25(6), Sch. 13
C13: Reg. 6(3)(a)(b): sum specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(k) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (revoked) 2013 (S.R. 2013/69), arts. 1(1)(k), 24(6), Sch. 13
C14: Reg. 6(3)(a)(b): sum specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(k) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 (revoked) 2014 (S.R. 2014/78), arts. 1(1)(k), 24(6), Sch. 13
C15: Reg. 6(3)(a)(b): sum specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(k) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (revoked) 2015 (S.R. 2015/124), arts. 1(1)(k), 24(6), Sch. 13
C16: Reg. 6(3)(b): sum specified (7.4.2003) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/155), arts. 1(1)(d), 24(6), Sch. 14
C17: Reg. 6(3)(b): sum specified (12.4.2004) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/82), arts. 1(1)(e), 24(6), Sch. 16
C18: Reg. 6(3)(b): sum specified (11.4.2005) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/82), arts. 1(1)(f), 24(6), Sch. 16
C19: Reg. 6(3)(b): sum specified (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2), 6 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/109), arts. 1(1)(g), 24(6), Sch. 16
C20: Reg. 6(3)(b): sum specified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/153), art. 24(6), Sch. 16
C21: Reg. 6(3)(b): sum specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (revoked) 2008 (S.R. 2008/92), art. 24(6), Sch. 16
C22: Reg. 6(3)(b): sums specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(k) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked) 2009 (S.R. 2009/89), art. 24(6), Sch. 13
C23: Reg. 6(3)(b): sum specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (revoked) 2010 (S.R. 2010/118), art. 24(6), Sch. 13
C24: Reg. 6(3)(b): sum specified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1)(l) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 (revoked) 2011 (S.R. 2011/119), arts. 1(1)(l), 25(6), Sch. 13
C25: Reg. 6(5)(a): sum confirmed (7.4.2003) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/155), arts. 1(1)(d), 24(2)(c)
C26: Reg. 6(5)(b): sum confirmed (7.4.2003) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/155), arts. 1(1)(d), 24(2)(d)
C27: Reg. 6(8): sum confirmed (7.4.2003) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/155), arts. 1(1)(d), 24(2)(e)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 6 in operation at 6.10.2003, see reg. 1(1)