Section 38 — Social Security Act 2018: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: payment not apportioned in specified cases

38 Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: payment not apportioned in specified cases (1) This section applies to a person ( P ) who is in a relationship and who— (a) is receiving long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home because P has a disability; and (b) has not been means assessed under Part 6 of the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018. (2) A supported living payment payable to P is not apportioned and must be paid at half of the appropriate rate in Part 3 of Schedule 4. (3) A supported living payment payable to P’s spouse or partner ( S ) (if S is not receiving long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home) is not apportioned and must be paid at the rate in Part 3 of Schedule 4 that would be appropriate if S were entitled to a supported living payment in S’s own right and were single. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 40I(3)–(5)