SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENT OF THE INCOME SUPPORT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1987

10.

In Schedule 7 (applicable amounts in special cases)—

(a)

in paragraph 9 (specified cases of temporarily separated couples) M1 at column (1)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) for heads (i) and (ii) substitute—

“(i)

not a patient but is residing in a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital, or”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b) for heads (iii) and (iv) substitute—

“(iii)

residing in a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital.”;

(b)

in paragraph 10 (polygamous marriages where one or more partners are temporarily separated) M2 at column (1) for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a)

not a patient but is residing in a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital, or”.