The Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART II Presence in Great Britain and remunerative work

   1. 3. Circumstances in which a person is treated as being or as not being in Great Britain

   2. 4. Remunerative work

   3. 5. Engagement in remunerative work and normal engagement

4. PART III Membership of a family

   1. 6. Persons of a prescribed description

   2. 7. Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another

   3. 8. Membership of the same household

   4. 9. Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being no longer a member of the same household

5. PART IV Income and Capital

   1. CHAPTER I:

      GENERAL

      1. 10. Calculation of income and capital of members of claimant’s family and of a polygamous marriage

      2. 11. Calculation of income and capital of students

      3. 12. Disregard of fractions

   2. CHAPTER II:

      NORMAL WEEKLY INCOME

      1. 13. Calculation of income on a weekly basis

      2. 14. Normal weekly earnings of employed earners

      3. 15. Normal weekly earnings of self-employed earners

      4. 16. Normal weekly income other than earnings

      5. 17. Periods to be disregarded

      6. 18. Calculation of weekly amount of income

   3. CHAPTER III:

      EMPLOYED EARNERS

      1. 19. Earnings of employed earners

      2. 20. Calculation of net earnings of employed earners

   4. CHAPTER IV:

      SELF-EMPLOYED EARNERS

      1. 21. Earnings of self-employed earners

      2. 22. Calculation of net profit of self-employed earners

      3. 23. Deduction of tax and contributions for self-employed earners

   5. CHAPTER V:

      OTHER INCOME

      1. 24. Calculation of income other than earnings

      2. 25. Capital treated as income

      3. 26. Notional income

      4. 27. Modifications in respect of children and young persons

   6. CHAPTER VI:

      CAPITAL

      1. 28. Capital limit

      2. 29. Calculation of capital

      3. 30. Disregard of capital of child or young person

      4. 31. Income treated as capital

      5. 32. Calculation of capital in the United Kingdom

      6. 33. Calculation of capital outside the United Kingdom

      7. 34. Notional capital

      8. 35. Capital jointly held

      9. 36. Calculation of tariff income from capital

   7. CHAPTER VII:

      STUDENTS

      1. 37. Interpretation

      2. 38. Calculation of grant income

      3. 39. Calculation of covenant income where a contribution is assessed

      4. 40. Covenant income where no grant income or no contribution is assessed

      5. 41. Relationship with amounts to be disregarded under Schedule 2

      6. 42. Other amounts to be disregarded

      7. 43. Disregard of contribution

      8. 44. Disregard of tax refund

      9. 45. Disregard of changes occurring during summer vacation

6. PART V Calculation of entitlement

   1. 46. Determination of appropriate maximum family credit

   2. 47. Applicable amount of family credit

   3. 48. Entitlement to family credit where income exceeds the applicable amount

7. PART VI Changes of circumstances

   1. 49. Death of claimant

   2. 50. Prevention of duplication of awards of family credit and income support

   3. 51. Overlapping awards of family credit

8. Signature

9. SCHEDULES

   1. 1

      Sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings

   2. 2

      Sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings

   3. 3

      Capital to be disregarded

   4. 4

      Determination of maximum family credit: adult, child and young person credits

10. Explanatory Note