8 Benefit cap
Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (2016 c 7) | Legislation

Welfare Benefits

8  Benefit cap

(1)     Section 96 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (benefit cap) is amended as follows.

(2)     For subsection (5) (meaning of the “relevant amount”) substitute—

“(5)     Regulations under this section may make provision for determining the “relevant amount” for the reference period applicable in the case of a single person or couple by reference to the annual limit applicable in the case of that single person or couple.

(5A)     For the purposes of this section the “annual limit” is—

(a)     £23,000 or £15,410, for persons resident in Greater London;

(b)     £20,000 or £13,400, for other persons.

(5B)     Regulations under subsection (5) may—

(a)     specify which annual limit applies in the case of—

(i)     different prescribed descriptions of single person;

(ii)     different prescribed descriptions of couple;

(b)     define “resident” for the purposes of this section;

(c)     provide for the rounding up or down of an amount produced by dividing the amount of the annual limit by

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