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C1 Part VII Income-Related Benefits

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Pt. 7: power to modify conferred (1.7.1992) by Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), ss. 150(7), 151, 192(4).

Income support

124F17 Income support.

1

A person in Great Britain is entitled to income support if—

F1a

he is of or over the age of 16;

F7aa

he has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit;

b

he has no income or his income does not exceed the applicable amount;

c

he is not engaged in remunerative work and, if he is a member of a F10couple, the other member is not so engaged; F2...

F3d

except in such circumstances as may be prescribed, he is not receiving relevant education;

C3F5e

he falls within a prescribed category of person; F9...

f

he is not entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance and, if he is a member of a F11couple, the other member of the couple is notF6, and the couple are not, entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance; F15...

F8g

if he is a member of a F12couple, the other member of the couple is not entitled to state pension creditF13; and

h

he is not entitled to an employment and support allowance and, if he is a member of a couple, the other member of the couple is not entitled to an income-related employment and support allowance.

F161A

Regulations under paragraph (e) of subsection (1) must secure that a person who—

a

is not a member of a couple, and

b

is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of F185,

falls within a category of person prescribed under that paragraph.

1B

Subsection (1A) does not apply if regulations under subsection (4)(c) of section 1A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 containing the provision mentioned in subsection (5) of that section are in force.

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4

Subject to subsection (5) below, where a person is entitled to income support, then—

a

if he has no income, the amount shall be the applicable amount; and

b

if he has income, the amount shall be the difference between his income and the applicable amount.

5

Where a person is entitled to income support for a period to which this subsection applies, the amount payable for that period shall be calculated in such manner as may be prescribed.

6

Subsection (5) above applies—

a

to a period of less than a week which is the whole period for which income support is payable; and

b

to any other period of less than a week for which it is payable.

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In this section, “income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance).