5 Amendment of paragraph 7A of Schedule 9 to the Claims and Payments Regulations
1 Paragraph 7A of Schedule 9 to the Claims and Payments Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2 In sub-paragraph (3)—
(a) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to sub-paragraph (4),”;
(b) the words “(that is to say 5 per cent of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25)” shall be omitted.
3 After sub-paragraph (3) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“4 Where, apart from the provisions of this sub-paragraph, the provisions of paragraphs 8(1) and 9 would result in the maximum aggregate amount payable equalling 2 times 5 per cent. of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25 years, the amount of specified benefit to be paid under this paragraph shall be one half of the amount specified in sub-paragraph (3).”

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