F1PART X URGENT CASES

F2Applicable amount in urgent cases: joint-claim couples148A.

(1)

For the purpose of calculating any entitlement to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance under this Part—

(a)

except in a case to which sub-paragraph F3...(c) or (d) applies, a joint-claim couple’s weekly applicable amount shallF4, subject to paragraph (1A), be the aggregate of—

(i)

90 per cent. of the amount applicable (reduced where appropriate in accordance with regulation 146G (applicable amount in hardship cases for joint-claim couples)) in respect of the couple under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 1 or, as the case may be, the amount applicable in respect of them under regulation 86B (joint-claim couples: polygamous marriages);

(ii)

the amount, if applicable, specified in Part IVA of Schedule 1 (premiums);

(iii)

any amounts applicable under regulation 86A(d) or, as the case may be, 86B(e) (housing costs); and

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F6(b)

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F7(c)

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(d)

except where sub-paragraph F3...(c) applies, in the case of a member of a joint-claim couple to whom any paragraph of Schedule 5A (applicable amounts of joint-claim couples in special cases) applies, the amount shall be 90 per cent. of the amount applicable in column (2) of that Schedule in respect of the joint-claim couple plus, if applicable—

(i)

any premium under Part IVA of Schedule 1;

(ii)

any amounts applicable under regulation 86A(d) or, as the case may be, 86B(e) (housing costs).

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(2)

Where the calculation of a joint-claim couple’s applicable amount under this regulation results in a fraction of a penny that fraction shall be treated as a penny.