The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003

Amendment of regulation 11

16.—(1) In regulation 11 (calculation of income and capital of members of claimant’s family)—

(a)in paragraph (1), for the words “paragraph (2)”, substitute “paragraphs (2) and (4)”;

(b)after paragraph (3), add the following paragraph—

(4) The income and capital of a child or young person shall not be treated as the income of the claimant if the claimant or his partner or, if he is a member of a polygamous marriage, any member of that marriage, has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit..