The Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996

8.—(1) In a case to which none of paragraphs 3, 4, 5 or 6 applies to the relevant person, £15 of earnings derived from one or more employments as—

(a) a part-time fireman in a fire-brigade maintained in pursuance of the Fire Services Acts 1947 to 1959(1);

(b) an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coast rescue activites;

(c) a person engaged part-time in the manning or launching of a life-boat;

(d) a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979(2);

but, notwithstanding regulation 17 (determination of income and capital of members of relevant person’s family and of a polygamous marriage), if this paragraph applies to a relevant person it shall not apply to his partner except to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) If the relevant person’s partner is engaged in an employment—

(a) specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of his earnings as would not, when aggregated with the amount of the relevant person’s earnings disregarded under this paragraph, exceed £15;

(b) other than one specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of his earnings from the employment up to £10 as would not, when aggregated with the applicant’s earnings disregarded under this paragraph, exceed £15.

(1)

1947 c. 41, 1951 c. 27, 1959 c. 44.

(2)

S.I. 1979/591; Part I of Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 1980/1975 and amended by S.I. 1994/1553.