PART VIE+W+SURGENT CASES

Urgent casesE+W+S

70.—(1) In a case to which this regulation applies, a claimant' weekly applicable amount and his income and capital shall be calculated in accordance with the following provisions of this Part.

(2) Subject to paragraph (4), this regulation applies to—

[F1(a)a claimant to whom paragraph (2A) applies (persons not excluded from income support under section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act);]

(b)a claimant who is treated as possessing income under regulation 42(3) (notional income);

F2(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3(2A) This paragraph applies to a person not excluded from entitlement to income support under section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act by virtue of regulation 2 of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000 except for a person to whom paragraphs 3 and 4 of Part I of the Schedule to those Regulations applies.]

F4(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(3B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) This regulation shall only apply to a person to whom paragraph (2)(b) [F5applies, where the income he is treated as possessing by virtue of regulation 42(3) (notional income)] is not readily available to him; and

(a)the amount of income support which would be payable but for this Part is less than the amount of income support payable by virtue of the provisions of this Part; and

(b)the [F6Secretary of State] is satisfied that, unless the provisions of this Part are applied to the claimant, the claimant or his family will suffer hardship.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 70 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1

Applicable amounts in urgent casesE+W+S

71.—(1) For the purposes of calculating any entitlement to income support under this Part—

(a)except in a case to which [F7sub-paragraph F8... (c) or (d),] applies, a claimant' weekly applicable amount shall be the aggregate of—

(i)90 per cent of the amount applicable in respect of himself or, if he is a member of a couple or of a polygamous marriage, of the amount applicable in respect of both of them under paragraph 1 (1), (2) or (3) of Schedule 2 or, as the case may be, the amount applicable in respect of them under regulation 18 (polygamous marriages); [F9and where regulation 22A (reduction in applicable amount where the claimant is appealing against a decision [F10which embodies a determination] that he is not incapable of work) applies, the reference in this head to 90 per cent. of the amount applicable shall be construed as a reference to 90 per cent. of the relevant amount under that regulation reduced by 20 per cent;]

(ii)the amount applicable under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 in respect of any child or young person who is a member of his family except a child or young person whose capital, if calculated in accordance with Part V in like manner as for the claimant, [F11except as provided in regulation 44(1) (modifications in respect of children and young person)], would exceed £3,000;

(iii)the amount, if applicable, specified in [F12Part II or III of Schedule 2 (premiums)]; and

(iv)any amounts applicable under [F13regulation 17(1)(e) or, as the case may be, 18(1)(f) (housing costs)]; [F14and

(v)the amount of the protected sum which may be applicable to him determined in accordance with Schedule 3A][F15or, as the case may be, 3B];

[F16(vi)the amount, if applicable, specified in paragraph 2A of Schedule 2;]

F17(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)where the claimant is resident in residential accommodation, his weekly applicable amount shall [F18, subject to paragraph (1A),] be the aggregate of—

(i)[F1998 per cent] of the amount F20... referred to in column (2) of paragraph 13 (a) to (c) and (e) of Schedule 7 (applicable amounts in special cases) applicable to him;

(ii)the amount applicable under column (2) of paragraph 13 (d) of Schedule 7, in respect of any child or young person who is a member of his family except a child or young person whose capital, if calculated in accordance with Part V in like manner as for the claimant, [F11except as provided in regulation 44(1) (modifications in respect of children and young person)], would exceed £3,000;

F21(iii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F22(d)except where sub-paragraph F8... (c) applies, in the case of a person to whom any paragraph, other than [F23paragraph 16A], in column (1) of Schedule 7 (special cases) applies, the amount shall be 90% of the amount applicable in column 2 of that Schedule in respect of the claimant and partner (if any), plus, if applicable—

(i)any amount in respect of a child or young person who is a member of the family except a child or young person whose capital, if calculated in accordance with Part V in like manner as for the claimant, [F11except as provided in regulation 44(1) (modifications in respect of children and young person)], would exceed £3,000;

(ii)any premium under [F24Part II or III of Schedule 2]; and

[F25(iii)any amounts applicable under regulation 17(1)(e) or, as the case may be, 18(1)(f)]][F26and

(iv)the amount of the protected sum which may be applicable to him determined in accordance with Schedule 3A][F27or, as the case may be, 3B].

[F28(1A) Paragraph (1)(c) shall only apply where the claimant was resident in residential accommodation on 7th April 2002 and shall only continue to apply to that claimant after that date for so long as he continues to be resident in such accommodation.]

[F29(2) In a case to which paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000 applies, the period for which a claimant’s weekly applicable amount is to be calculated in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be any period, or the aggregrate of any periods, not exceeding 42 days during any one period of leave to which that paragraph of that Part of the Schedule to those Regulations applies.]

[F30(3) Where the calculation of a claimant’s applicable amount under this regulation results in a fraction of a penny that fraction shall be treated as a penny.]

Textual Amendments

F8Words in reg. 71 omitted (8.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/3767, Sch. Pt. 1 para. 12(za)(bb) (as inserted by The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/398), regs. 1, 4(2)(a))

F11Words in reg. 71(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/527), regs. 1(1)(b), 6

F15Words in reg. 71(1)(a)(v) added (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(1)(c) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/534), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 17

F16Reg. 71(1)(a)(vi) added (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2119), regs. 1(1)(a), 17(2)

F20Words in reg. 71(1)(c)(i) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2119), regs. 1(1)(a), 17(4)

F27Words in reg. 71(1)(d)(iv) added (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(1)(c) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/534), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 17

F29Reg. 71(2) substituted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/859), regs. 1(3), 3(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Reg. 71(1)(a)(i) sum confirmed (8.4.2002 for specified purposes and with application in accordance with art. 1(2)(g)(4)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/668), arts. 1(2)(g), 16(8), Sch. 5

C2Reg. 71(1)(a)(ii) sum confirmed (8.4.2002 for specified purposes and with application in accordance with art. 1(2)(g)(4)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/668), arts. 1(2)(g), 16(2)(a)

C3Reg. 71(1)(c)(i) sum confirmed (8.4.2002 for specified purposes and with application in accordance with art. 1(2)(g)(4)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/668), arts. 1(2)(g), 16(8), Sch. 5

C4Reg. 71(1)(c)(ii) sum confirmed (8.4.2002 for specified purposes and with application in accordance with art. 1(2)(g)(4)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/668), arts. 1(2)(g), 16(2)(a)

C5Reg. 71(1)(d) sum confirmed (8.4.2002 for specified purposes and with application in accordance with art. 1(2)(g)(4)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/668), arts. 1(2)(g), 16(8), Sch. 5

C6Reg. 71(1)(d)(i) sum confirmed (8.4.2002 for specified purposes and with application in accordance with art. 1(2)(g)(4)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/668), arts. 1(2)(g), 16(2)(a)

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 71 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1

Assessment of income and capital in urgent casesE+W+S

72.—(1) The claimant' income shall be calculated in accordance with Part V subject to the following modifications—

[F31(a)any income other than—

(i)a payment of income or income in kind made under the Macfarlane Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) (No.2) Trust, the Fund, the Eileen Trust or the Independent Living Funds; or

(ii)income to which paragraph 5, 7 (but only to the extent that a concessionary payment would be due under that paragraph for any non-payment of income support under regulation 70 of these Regulations or of jobseeker’s allowance under regulation 147 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (urgent cases)), 31, 39(2), (3) or (4), 40, 42, 52 or 57 of Schedule 9 (disregard of income other than earnings) applies,

possessed or treated as possessed by him, shall be taken into account in full notwithstanding any provision in that Part disregarding the whole or any part of that income;]

(b)any income to which regulation 53 (calculation of tariff income from capital) applies shall be disregarded;

(c)income treated as capital by virtue of [F32regulation 48(1), (2), (3) and (9)] (income treated as capital) shall be taken into account as income;

(d)in a case to which paragraph (2) (b) of regulation 70 (urgent cases) applies, any income to which regulation 42 (3) (notional income) applies shall be disregarded;

F33(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) The claimant' capital calculated in accordance with Part V, but including any capital referred to in paragraphs 3 and, to the extent that such assets as are referred to in paragraph 6 consist of liquid assets, 6 [F34and, except to the extent that the arrears referred to in paragraph 7 consist of arrears of housing benefit payable under Part II of the Act or Part II of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 [F35or any arrears of benefit due under regulation 70 of these Regulations or regulation 147 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (urgent cases)], 7, 9(b), 19, 30[F36, 32 and 47 to 49] of Schedule 10] (capital to be disregarded) shall be taken into account in full and the amount of income support which would, but for this paragraph be payable under this regulation, shall be payable only to the extent that it exceeds the amount of that capital.

Textual Amendments

F31Reg. 72(1)(a) substituted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/563), regs. 1(2), 19(1)(a)

F35Words in reg. 72(2) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/563), regs. 1(2), 19(1)(b)

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 72 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1