Capital limit
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18.—(1) For the purposes of section 5(1)(a) and (2)(a) of the Act (financial conditions: capital limit)—
(a)the prescribed amount for a single claimant is £16,000; and
(b)the prescribed amount for joint claimants is £16,000.
(2) In a case where the claimant is a member of a couple, but makes a claim as a single person, the claimant’s capital is to be treated as including the capital of the other member of the couple.