The Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989

Calculation of weekly amounts

57.—(1) In calculating the amount of community charge benefits to which a person is entitled in respect of any benefit week, the appropriate authority shall take account of any personal community charge or collective community charge contributions for which that person is liable in respect of that week having regard to the manner in which that charge or those contributions are payable.

(2) In England and Wales, where a person is subject to a personal community charge and is also liable for the payment of a collective community charge contribution in respect of the same day, the amount of any community charge benefits to which he may be entitled in respect of that charge and that contribution shall be separately calculated.

(3) Any amount determined under these Regulations including any amount to which the members of a couple or of a polygamous marriage may be entitled may, if it is appropriate, be rounded to the nearest whole penny by disregarding any amount less than half a penny and treating any amount of half a penny or more as a whole penny.