The Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

PART 3 Applicable amounts

Applicable amounts

12.—(1) Subject to Schedule A1 M1 (treatment of claims for council tax benefit by refugees), the applicable amount of a person shall be the aggregate of such of the following amounts as apply in his case—

(a) an amount in respect of his personal allowance, determined in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 1;

(b) an amount in respect of any child or young person who is a member of his family, determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule;

(c) if he is a member of a family of which at least one member is a child or young person, an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 3(1) of Part 2 of that Schedule (family premium);

(d) if he is a member of a family of which one member is a child under the age of one year, an additional amount determined in accordance with paragraph 3(2) of Part 2 of that Schedule;

(e) the amount of any premiums which may be applicable to him, determined in accordance with Parts 3 and 4 of that Schedule (premiums).

F1 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3 (5) In Schedule 1—

“additional spouse” means a spouse by the party to the marriage who is additional to the party to the marriage;

“patient” means a person (other than a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a youth custody institution) who is regarded as receiving free in-patient treatment within the meaning of [F4 regulation 2(4) and (5) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005].]

(6) In Schedule 1, “additional spouse” means a spouse of either party to the marriage who is additional to the other party to the marriage.

(7) For the purposes of calculating the period of 52 weeks referred to in paragraph (2), where a person has been maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in a hospital or similar institution within the meaning of that paragraph for two or more distinct periods separated by one or more intervals each not exceeding 28 days, he shall be treated as having been so maintained for a period equal in duration to the total of those distinct periods.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 12(2)(3) omitted by SI 2005/2502 reg. 3(3)(a) (as amended) (6.3.2006) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 27(21) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

F2 Reg. 12(4) omitted by SI 2005/2502 reg. 3(3)(a) (as amended) (6.3.2006) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 27(21) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

F3 Reg. 12(5) substituted by SI 2005/2502 reg. 3(3)(b) (as amended) (6.3.2006) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 27(21) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

F4 Words in reg. 12(5) substituted by SI 2005/3360 reg. 5(1) (as substituted) (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 30(1) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

Marginal Citations

M1 See the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), regulation 7 and Schedule 4, paragraph 3 for regulation 7A and Schedule A1 (claims by refugees).