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http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1814/regulation/44/madeThe Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992Council taxCouncil tax benefitKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2016-08-31SOCIAL SECURITYThese Regulations provide for matters concerning entitlement to, the amount of and the claiming and payment of council tax benefit, which benefit was introduced into Part VII (income-related benefits) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) by the amendments to that Act made by Schedule 9 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14).PART VStudentsCHAPTER IIIncome44Covenant income where no grant income or no contribution is assessed1

Where a student is not in receipt of income by way of a grant the amount of his covenant income shall be calculated as follows—

a

any sums intended for any expenditure specified in regulation 42(2)(a) to (f) (calculation of grant income) necessary as a result of his attendance on the course shall be disregarded;

b

any covenant income, up to the amount of the standard maintenance grant, which is not so disregarded, shall be apportioned equally between the weeks of the period of study;

c

there shall be disregarded from the amount so apportioned the amount which would have been disregarded under regulation 42(2)(g) and (h) (calculation of grant income) had the student been in receipt of the standard maintenance grant;

d

there shall be deducted from any amount in excess of the sums in subparagraphs (a) and (b) the amount deducted by way of tax in respect of the covenanted income; and

e

the balance, if any, shall be divided by 52 or 53 whichever is reasonable in the circumstances and treated as weekly income of which £5 shall be disregarded.

2

Where a student is in receipt of income by way of a grant and no contribution has been assessed, the amount of his covenanted income shall be calculated in accordance with sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph (1), except that—

a

the value of the standard maintenance grant shall be abated by the amount of such grant income less an amount equal to the amount of any sums disregarded under regulation 42(2)(a) to (f); and

b

the amount to be disregarded under paragraph (1)(c) shall be abated by an amount equal to the amount of any sums disregarded under regulation 42(2)(g) and (h) and (3).