Supplementary Benefits Act 1976

5(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the amounts specified in paragraphs 7 to 11 of this Schedule are not applicable to persons falling within any of paragraphs 12 to 16 of this Schedule.

(2)Where one only of the persons falling within paragraph 3(1) of this Schedule falls within paragraph 14 or 16 (person in hospital or in legal custody), sub-paragraph (1) above shall not exclude the application of the amounts specified in paragraphs 7 to 11 of this Schedule to the other, but the amount applicable to that other person under paragraph 7 or 8 of this Schedule shall be that applicable under paragraph 7(b) or 8(b)(i), as the case may be.