Section 135 — Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992: The applicable amount.

The applicable amount. 135 1 The applicable amount, in relation to any income-related benefit, shall be such amount or the aggregate of such amounts as may be prescribed in relation to that benefit.

2 The power to prescribe applicable amounts conferred by subsection (1) above includes power to prescribe nil as an applicable amount. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ... the applicable amount for a severely disabled person shall include an amount in respect of his being a severely disabled person.

6 Regulations may specify circumstances in which persons are to be treated as being or as not being severely disabled.