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6.—(1) Except as provided in the following provisions of these Regulations, the standard minimum guarantee is –
(a)£155·80 per week in the case of a claimant who has a partner;
(b)£102·10 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 –
(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
(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 –
(a)except where paragraph (b) applies, £42·95 per week if paragraph 1(1)(a), (b) or (c) of Part I of Schedule 1 is satisfied, or
(b)£85·90 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.
(8) The amount applicable if paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 1 is satisfied is £25.10 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.
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I1Reg. 6 in operation at 6.10.2003, see reg. 1(1)
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