Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Act, 1975
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Calculation of supplementary welfare allowance. |
9.—(1) The amount of supplementary welfare allowance to which a person is entitled shall be the amount by which his means fall short of his needs, and for the purpose of ascertaining that amount— | |
(a) the weekly needs of a person shall, subject to any payment pursuant to the provisions of section 11 of this Act, be taken to be: | ||
(i) in the case of a person who has no means, such of the amounts specified in the Table to section 10 (1) of this Act as is appropriate, or | ||
(ii) in the case of a person who has means, such of the amounts specified in the Table to section 10 (1) of this Act as would be appropriate in his case if he had no means, less the amount of his weekly means, | ||
(b) the means of any person shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of this Act. | ||
(2) In calculating the amount of supplementary welfare allowance payable to any person, the following provisions shall apply— | ||
(a) where the weekly amount of any allowance would be less than five new pence, no allowance shall be payable; | ||
(b) where the weekly amount of any allowance exceeds five new pence but is not a multiple of five new pence, the amount by which such allowance exceeds a multiple of five new pence shall be disregarded; | ||
(c) where a husband and wife are members of the same household, their needs and means shall be aggregated and shall be regarded as the needs and means of the husband, or of the wife, if she is the claimant; | ||
(d) in the case of a person with a child dependant, his needs shall be taken to include the needs of that child dependant; | ||
(e) where the needs of any person are taken into account in determining the entitlement of any other person to supplementary welfare allowance, only such other person shall be entitled to an allowance. |