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SCHEDULE 6Determining eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme, amount of reduction and calculation of income and capital: persons who are not pensioners

PART 1Applicable amounts for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme and amount of reduction: persons who are not pensioners

Applicable amounts: persons who are not pensioners

1.—(1) Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the applicable amount for a week for a person who is not a pensioner is the aggregate of such of the following amounts as may apply in the person’s case—

(a)an amount in respect of the person or, if that person is a member of a couple, an amount in respect of both of them, determined in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 (personal allowances);

(b)an amount in respect of any child or young person who is a member of the person’s family, determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 (child or young person amounts);

(c)if the person is a member of a family of which at least one member is a child or young person, an amount determined in accordance with Part 2 of Schedule 7 (family premium);

(d)the amount of any premiums which may be applicable to the person, determined in accordance with Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 7 (premiums);

(e)the amount of either the—

(i)work-related activity component; or

(ii)support component,

which may be applicable to the person in accordance with Parts 5 and 6 of that Schedule (the components);

(f)the amount of any transitional addition which may be applicable to the person in accordance with Parts 7 and 8 of Schedule 7 (transitional addition).

(2) In Schedule 3 —

“additional spouse” means a spouse by the party to the marriage who is additional to the party to the marriage;

“converted employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance which is not income-related and to which a person is entitled as a result of a conversion decision within the meaning of the Employment and Support Allowance (Existing Awards) Regulations 2008(1);

“patient” means a person (other than a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a youth custody institution) who is regarded as receiving free in-patient treatment within the meaning of regulation 2(4) and (5) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005(2).

(1)

S.I. 2008/794.

(2)

S.I. 2005/3360.