Amendment of principal Regulations5.

In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (assessment of disposable capital and disposable income)–

(a)

in paragraph 1 after the definition of “capital” there shall be inserted–

““dependent person” means a person wholly or substantially maintained by the person concerned”;

(b)

in paragraph 6(d) for the words “, a dependent child, or a dependent relative wholly or substantially maintained by him” there shall be substituted the words “or a dependent person”;

(c)

for paragraph 7(c) there shall be substituted–

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(c)

there shall be a deduction in respect of the maintenance of the spouse of the person concerned, if the spouses are living together, in respect of the maintenance of any dependent person, being a member of his or her household, at the following rates:–

(i)

in the case of a spouse, at a rate equivalent to the difference, as at the date when the application for advice and assistance is made, between the income support allowance for a couple where both members are aged not less than 18 (which is specified in column (2) of paragraph 1(3)(d) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 19874), and the allowance for a single person aged not less than 25 (which is specified in column (2) of paragraph 1(1)(e) of Part I of Schedule 2 to those Regulations5);

(ii)

in the case of a dependent person aged under 19, at a rate equivalent to the amount specified in, column 2 of paragraph 2(1) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 19876 appropriate to that person as at the date when the application for advice and assistance is made;

(iii)

in the case of a dependent person aged 19 or over, at a rate equivalent to the amount specified in column 2 of paragraph 2(1)(c) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987;”.

(d)

for paragraph 10(2) there shall be substituted “In this Schedule “pensionable age” means the age of 60”.