[F1 PART 8A E+W+S Benefit cap

Textual Amendments

F1 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))

Interpretation E+W+S

75G.   For the purposes of section 96 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and this Part—

“couple” has the meaning in regulation 2 unless the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage, in which case it means the claimant and the member of the polygamous marriage to whom the claimant was first married and references to the claimant’s partner are to that member of that marriage;

“reference period” means a benefit week;

“relevant amount” is—

(a)

for a single claimant, £350; and

(b)

for all other claimants, £500;

“welfare benefit” means—

(a)

bereavement allowance;

(b)

carer’s allowance;

(c)

child benefit;

(d)

child tax credit;

(e)

an employment and support allowance;

(f)

guardian’s allowance;

(g)

housing benefit;

(h)

incapacity benefit;

(i)

income support;

(j)

a jobseeker’s allowance;

(k)

maternity allowance;

(l)

severe disablement allowance;

(m)

widowed mother’s allowance ;

(n)

widowed parent’s allowance;

(o)

widow’s pension.]