For the purposes of this regulation, “the Schedule” means Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 .
Subject to paragraph (3), in calculating the disposable income of the individual there must be a deduction at or equivalent to the following rates (as they applied at the beginning of the period of calculation)—
in respect of the maintenance of the individual's partner, the difference between the income support allowance for a couple both aged not less than 18 (which is specified in column 2 of item (3)(d) of the table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule), and the allowance for a single person aged not less than 25 (which is specified in column 2 of item (1)(e) of the table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule); and
in respect of the maintenance of any dependent child or dependent relative of the individual, where such persons are members of the individual's household—
in the case of a dependent child or a dependent relative aged 15 or under at the beginning of the period of calculation, the amount specified at (a) in column 2 in the table in paragraph 2 of the Schedule; and
in the case of a dependent child or a dependent relative aged 16 or over at the beginning of the period of calculation, the amount specified at (b) in column 2 in the table in paragraph 2 of the Schedule.
The Director may reduce any rate provided by virtue of paragraph (2) by taking into account the income and other resources of the dependent child or dependent relative to such extent as appears to the Director to be equitable.
In ascertaining whether a child is a dependent child or whether a person is a dependent relative for the purposes of this regulation, regard must be had to their income and other resources.