PART 1GENERAL

The applicable amount11

1

The applicable amount in respect of any one application shall be the aggregate of –

a

the total of the weekly applicable amounts of all those persons who are relevant persons in the case of that application, and

b

£53·79.

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the weekly applicable amount –

a

as regards a relevant person who is in receipt (and entitled to be in receipt) of income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, is £1;

b

as regards –

i

a relevant person who is in receipt of guarantee credit; and

ii

those relevant persons who are members of a married or unmarried couple (within the meaning of the State Pension Credit Act 2002), the other member of which is in receipt of guarantee credit,

is £1;

c

as regards any other relevant person, is the amount determined in his case in accordance with regulation 15.