PART 3 E+W+SPAYMENTS TO PERSONS IN RECEIPT OF GUARANTEE CREDIT
Entitlement: guarantee credit basic casesE+W+S
4.—(1) A qualifying individual shall be entitled to a payment of £50 if at any time in the relevant week he is single.
(2) A qualifying individual shall be entitled to a payment of £50 if at any time in the relevant week he is part of a couple and the other member of the couple is not a qualifying individual.
(3) A qualifying individual shall be entitled to a payment of £50 if at any time in the relevant week he is part of a couple and—
(a)the other member of the couple is a qualifying individual; and
(b)he (and not the other member) is in receipt of guarantee credit.
(4) This regulation is subject to regulation 5.
Entitlement: guarantee credit special casesE+W+S
5.—(1) Where—
(a)only one member of a couple is a qualifying individual;
(b)he would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under regulation 4(2);
(c)the other member of the couple is to receive a payment in 2005 under the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000; and
(d)the qualifying individual is not to receive a payment in 2005 under those Regulations,
then—
(i)that other member of the couple shall be entitled to a payment of £50; and
(ii)the qualifying individual shall not be entitled to a payment under regulation 4(2).
(2) A qualifying individual shall not be entitled to a payment under this Part if—
(a)on the last day of the relevant week he is living in a care home; and
(b)throughout the period of 13 weeks ending with the relevant week his ordinary place of residence was a care home.
(3) Where a person who ceases to be entitled to a payment by virtue of paragraph (2) is part of a couple, in the application of regulation 4(2) and (3) to the other member of the couple, the person who ceases to be entitled under paragraph (2) shall be treated as a non-qualifying individual.