Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 and of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992

6.  In both the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(1) and the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992(2)—

(a) after paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“4A.   Where the claimant is a member of a joint-claim couple for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and his partner is on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, the whole of the claimant’s income.”;

(b) after paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 (capital to be disregarded), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“5A.   Where the claimant is a member of a joint-claim couple for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and his partner is on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, the whole of the claimant’s capital.”.

(1)

S.I. 1987/1971; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1996/1510.

(2)

S.I. 1992/1814; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1996/1510.