The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008

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6.  Where regulation 45(2) to (4) applies to the claimant and that claimant's earnings are less than—E+W+S

(a)in a case to which regulation 45(2) applies, £20;

(b)in a case to which regulation 45(3) and (4) applies, [F116 x National Minimum Wage]

the earnings of the claimant's partner are to be disregarded to the extent that the claimant's earnings are less than £20 or, as the case may be, [F116 x National Minimum Wage], but only up to a maximum of £20.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 7 para. 6 substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/674), reg. 16(12)