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5The following shall be inserted after section 22—
“22A(1)As regards any case where a person is a member of a married or unmarried couple throughout a particular day, regulations may make such provision as the Secretary of State sees fit as to—
(a)the entitlement of the person to a community charge benefit in respect of the day, and
(b)the amount to which he is entitled.
(2)Nothing in subsections (3) to (8) below shall prejudice the generality of subsection (1) above.
(3)The regulations may provide that prescribed provisions shall apply instead of prescribed provisions of this Part, or that prescribed provisions of this Part shall not apply or shall apply subject to prescribed amendments or adaptations.
(4)The regulations may provide that, for the purpose of calculating in the case of the person concerned the matters mentioned in subsection (5) below, prescribed amounts relating to the person and his partner are to be aggregated and the aggregate is to be apportioned.
(5)The matters are income, capital, the applicable amount, and the appropriate maximum community charge benefit.
(6)The regulations may—
(a)amend section 31B(6) below so as to allow for disregarding the whole or part of any pension payable to the partner of the person concerned in determining the latter’s income;
(b)amend section 31B(7) below accordingly.
(7)The regulations may contain different provision as to the following different cases—
(a)cases where the first condition is fulfilled on the day concerned by the person concerned but not by his partner;
(b)cases where the first condition is fulfilled on the day concerned by the person concerned and by his partner.
(8)The regulations may include such supplementary, incidental or consequential provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.
(9)In this section—
(a)references to a person’s partner are to the other member of the couple concerned, and
(b)references to the first condition are to the condition mentioned in section 20(8B) or (8C) above (as the case may be).
22B(1)This section applies to any case where throughout a particular day a person (the person in question) is a husband or wife by virtue of a marriage entered into under a law which permits polygamy; and this section applies whether or not either party to the marriage has for the time being any spouse additional to the other party.
(2)For the purposes of section 22A above neither party to the marriage shall be taken to be a member of a couple on the day.
(3)Regulations under this section may make such provision as the Secretary of State sees fit as to—
(a)the entitlement of the person in question to a community charge benefit in respect of the day, and
(b)the amount to which he is entitled.
(4)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above the regulations may include provision equivalent to that included under section 22A above subject to any modifications the Secretary of State sees fit.”
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