PART VIII INCOME AND CAPITAL

Chapter VI Capital

Calculation of capital in the United Kingdom111.

Capital which a claimant possesses in the United Kingdom shall be calculated—

(a)

except in a case to which sub-paragraph (b) applies, at its current market or surrender value, less—

(i)

where there would be expenses attributable to sale, 10 per cent.; and

(ii)

the amount of any incumbrance secured on it;

(b)

in the case of a National Savings Certificate–

(i)

if purchased from an issue the sale of which ceased before 1st July last preceding the first day on which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable or, in the case of a F1suppression, the date of that F1suppression, at the price which it would have realised on that 1st July had it been purchased on the last day of that issue;

(ii)

in any other case, at its purchase price.