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48.—(1) Subject to regulation 50 (amount of housing benefit for partners of registered students) in calculating the amount of housing benefit to which the members of a couple are entitled for any period, paragraphs (2) or (3) shall apply.
(2) Where the members of a couple have no income or their income calculated in accordance with Part IV does not exceed the applicable amount, the housing benefit to which either member is entitled shall be determined by dividing the maximum housing benefit proportionately to each member’s liability for a personal community charge or collective community charge contribution for that period.
(3) Where a couple’s income calculated in accordance with Part IV exceeds the applicable amount and there is an amount remaining after deducting from the maximum housing benefit the percentage prescribed in regulation 47 (housing benefit taper) of the excess of their income over the applicable amount, then the housing benefit to which either member is entitled shall be determined by dividing the amount remaining proportionately to each member’s liability for a personal community charge or collective community charge contribution for that period.
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