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3.—(1) Where—
(a)a member of a couple would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3)(b)(i) (and not under regulation 2(3)(b)(ii)); and
(b)the couple lives with one or more qualifying individuals who are single,
then the member of the couple shall instead be entitled to a payment of £100.
(2) Where—
(a)two or more couples live together; and
(b)two or more individuals, each of whom is part of one of the couples, would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3),
then each of those individuals who would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3)(b)(i) (and not under regulation 2(3)(b)(ii)) shall instead be entitled to a payment of £100.
(3) Where each member of a couple would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3)(b)(ii)—
(a)the member who is to receive a payment in 2005 under the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000(1) shall be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3)(b)(ii); and
(b)the other member shall not be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3)(b)(ii).
(4) Where—
(a)only one member of a couple is a qualifying individual;
(b)he would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3);
(c)the other member of the couple is to receive a payment in 2005 under the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000; and
(d)the qualifying individual is not to receive a payment in 2005 under those Regulations,
then—
(i)that other member of the couple shall be entitled to a payment of £200; and
(ii)the qualifying individual shall not be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3).
(5) Where—
(a)only one member of a couple is a qualifying individual;
(b)he would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under either of paragraph (1) or (2);
(c)the other member of the couple is to receive a payment in 2005 under the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000; and
(d)the qualifying individual is not to receive a payment in 2005 under those Regulations,
then—
(i)that other member of the couple shall be entitled to a payment of £100; and
(ii)the qualifying individual shall not be entitled to a payment under these Regulations.
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