F3 Amount payable5
1
The amount of the bonus shall be—
a
subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a sum representing the aggregate of—
i
£5 for each benefit week in the bonus period in which the amount of child maintenance payable was not less than £5; and
ii
where in any benefit week in the bonus period the amount of child maintenance payable was less than £5, the amount that was payable;
b
the amount of the child maintenance paid in the bonus period; or
c
£1,000,
whichever amount is the least
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3
So much of any child maintenance paid in excess of the amount either—
a
declared for the purposes of determining the amount of qualifying benefit payable to the applicant or her partner; or
b
retained by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 74A(3) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992,
shall be disregarded in determining the amount payable under paragraph (1).
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5
Where but for this paragraph the amount of bonus payable in accordance with paragraph (1) would be less than £5, the amount of the bonus shall be Nil.