F1PART 8ABenefit cap
F2Determination of the relevant amount75CA
1
The relevant amount is determined by dividing the applicable annual limit by 52 and rounding that amount by disregarding any amount of less than half a penny and treating any amount of half a penny or more as a whole penny.
2
The applicable annual limit is—
a
£15,410 in the case of single claimants resident in Greater London;
b
£23,000 in the case of all other claimants resident in Greater London;
c
£13,400 in the case of single claimants not resident in Greater London;
d
£20,000 in the case of all other claimants not resident in Greater London.
3
For the purposes of section 96 of the 2012 Act (benefit cap) and this regulation a claimant is resident in Greater London if—
a
the dwelling that the claimant normally occupies as the claimant’s home is in Greater London; or
b
where the claimant is treated as occupying more than one dwelling as the claimant’s home pursuant to regulation 7(6) (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home), one of those dwellings is in Greater London.
Pt. 8A inserted (15.4.2013) by The Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2994), regs. 1, 2(5) (as amended by S.I. 2013/388, reg. 2, Sch. para. 51; S.I. 2013/546, regs. 1, 2; and S.I. 2013/591, art. 2(1), Sch. para. 48(2))