SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENT OF THE INCOME SUPPORT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS

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In Schedule 7 (applicable amounts in special cases)—

a

in paragraph 955 (specified cases of temporarily separated couples) at column (1)—

i

in sub-paragraph (a) for heads (i) and (ii) there shall be substituted the following head—

i

not a patient but is residing in a residential care home, nursing home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital, or

ii

in sub-paragraph (b) for heads (iii) and (iv) there shall be substituted the following head—

or,

iii

residing in a residential care home, nursing home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital.

b

in paragraph 1056 (polygamous marriages where one or more partners are temporarily separated) at column (1) for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

a

not a patient but is residing in a residential care home, nursing home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital;