Patients1

F7A joint-claim couple where one member—

a

has been a patient for more than F652 weeks;

b

is a member of a polygamous marriage and another member of that marriage who is not a joint-claimant has been a patient for more than F652 weeks.

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a

The applicable amount under regulation 86A reduced by F5£15.50;

b

The applicable amount under regulation 86B (polygamous marriages) reduced by F5£15.50; in respect of each member of the polygamous marriage who is a patient.

Joint-Claim Couple Without Accommodation2

A joint-claim couple who are without accommodation.

2

The amount applicable to the couple under regulation 86A(a) (personal allowance) only.

Members of Religious Orders3

A joint-claim couple who are both members of and fully maintained by a religious order.

3

Nil.

Specified Cases of Temporarily Separated Joint-Claim Couples4

A joint-claim couple who are temporarily separated where—

a

one member is—

i

not a patient but is resident in a nursing home;

ii

resident in a residential care home;

iii

resident in premises used for the rehabilitation of alcoholics or drug addicts;

iv

resident in accommodation provided under section 3 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Polish Resettlement Act 1947 (provision of accommodation in camps);

v

participating in arrangements for training made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973, or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 or participating in an employment rehabilitation programme established under that section of the Act of 1973, where the course requires him to live away from the dwelling occupied as the home; or

vi

in a probation or bail hostel approved for the purpose by the Secretary of State, and

b

the other member is—

i

living in the dwelling occupied as the home;

ii

a patient;

iii

in residential accommodation; or

iv

resident in a residential care home or nursing home.

4

Either—

a

the amount applicable to the joint-claim couple under regulation 86A; or

b

the aggregate of the applicable amounts of both claimants assessed under the provisions of these Regulations as if each of them were a single claimant,

whichever is the greater.

Polygamous Marriages where one or more members of the marriage are temporarily separated5

A joint-claim couple where one member is a member of a polygamous marriage and is temporarily separated from a partner of his, where one of them is living in the home while the other member is—

a

not a patient but is resident in a nursing home;

b

resident in a residential care home;

c

resident in premises used for the rehabilitation of alcoholics or drug addicts;

d

attending a course of training or instruction provided or approved by the Secretary of State where the course requires him to live away from home; or

e

in a probation or bail hostel approved for the purpose by the Secretary of State.

5

Either—

a

the amount applicable to the joint-claim couple under regulation 86B; or

b

the aggregate of the amount applicable for the joint-claim couple in respect of the members of the polygamous marriage who remain in the home under regulation 86B and the amount applicable in respect of those members not in the home calculated as if each of them were a single claimant, whichever is the greater.

Joint-claim couples and members of polygamous marriages where one member is, or all are, temporarily in local authority accommodationF96

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F96

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Joint-claim couples where one member is absent from the United Kingdom7

A joint-claim couple where one member is temporarily absent from the United Kingdom—

a

in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 50(6B);

b

in any other circumstances.

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a

The amount applicable to them as a couple under regulation 86AF2... for the relevant period prescribed in regulation 50(6B).

b

For the first four weeks of that absence, the amount applicable to them as a couple under regulation 86AF2... as the case may be and thereafter the amount applicable to the claimant in Great Britain under regulation 83F2... as the case may be as if that claimant were a single claimant.

Polygamous marriages where any member of the marriage is abroad8

A joint-claim couple where one member is a member of a polygamous marriage and—

a

he, the other member or one of his partners is;

b

he, the other member and one or more of his partners are; or

c

the other member and one or more of his partners or two or more of his partners are,

temporarily absent from the United Kingdom.

8

For the first four weeks of that absence, the amount applicable to the joint-claim couple under regulations 86B to F386C, as the case may be, and thereafter, if the joint-claim couple are in Great Britain the amount applicable to them under regulations 86B to F386C, as the case may be, as if any member of the polygamous marriage not in the United Kingdom were not a member of the marriage.

Members of joint-claim couples in residential accommodationF89

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Members of joint-claim couples temporarily absent from a hostel, residential care or nursing homeF410

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Members of joint-claim couples in residential care or nursing homes who become patientsF411

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