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Supplementary Benefits Act 1976

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2Determination of right to and amount of supplementary benefits

(1)Subject to section 15 of this Act (appeals), the question whether any person is entitled to supplementary benefit, and the amount of any such benefit, shall be determined by the Supplementary Benefits Commission.

(2)Entitlement to, and the amount of, any supplementary benefit shall be determined in accordance with:—

(a)the provisions of this Part of this Act and Schedule 1 to this Act; and

(b)any regulations made by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, under this subsection.

(3)Regulations so made may vary the provisions of Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act (calculation of requirements) but shall not reduce any amount specified in those provisions.

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