F1PART IXAHARDSHIP FOR JOINT-CLAIM COUPLES
Applicable amount in hardship cases for joint-claim couples146G.
F2(1)
The weekly applicable amount of the joint-claim couple to whom a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance is payable in accordance with this Part of these Regulations shall be reduced by a sum equivalent to—
(a)
20% of the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 1 in a case where a member of a joint-claim couple is—
(i)
either pregnant or seriously ill, or
(ii)
a member of a polygamous marriage and one of the members of that marriage is pregnant or seriously ill, or
(b)
40% of the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 1 in all other cases.
(2)
A reduction under paragraph (1) shall, if it is not a multiple of 5p, be rounded to the nearest such multiple or, if it is a multiple of 2.5p but not of 5p, to the next lower multiple of 5p.