5. 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–
“7—(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 1987(1)), 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 Regulations(2));
(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 1987(3) 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”.
S.I. 1987/1967, as relatively amended by S.I. 1996/2545 and S.I. 1997/543.
The amount specified was substituted by S.I. 1997/543.
The allowances specified were amended by S.I. 1997/2545 and the amounts specified were substituted by S.I. 1997/543.