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 amount: persons who are not pensioners who have an award of universal credit

3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in determining the applicable amount for a week of an applicant who is a pensioner—

(a)who has, or

(b)who (jointly with a partner) has,

an award of universal credit, the authority will use the calculation or estimate of the maximum amount of the applicant, or the applicant and the applicant’s partner jointly (as the case may be), subject to the adjustment described in sub-paragraph (3).

(2) In determining the applicable amount for a week of an applicant who is a member of a polygamous marriage, the fact that two people are husband and wife is to be disregarded if—

(a)one of them is a party to an earlier marriage that still subsists; and

(b)the other party to that earlier marriage is living in the same household.

(3) The adjustment referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is, to multiply the maximum amount by 12 and divide the product by 52.

(4) In this paragraph “maximum amount” means the maximum amount calculated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 8(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012(1).