(1) In the case of a couple, both of whom are entitled to be paid unemployment assistance, the total amount payable to them pursuant to this Chapter shall not exceed the amount which would be payable if only one of them was entitled to be paid unemployment assistance and the other was an adult dependant, and each of them shall be entitled to be paid one-half of the amount which would be payable to him if the other were his adult dependant.
(2) Where the spouse of a claimant for unemployment assistance is not an adult dependant, the unemployment assistance payable to the claimant shall be at a rate equal to the scheduled rate reduced by £1 for every £2 or part of £2 of his means.
(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply in any case where the spouse is living apart from the claimant.
(4) Where one of a couple is entitled to disability benefit, unemployment benefit, injury benefit, disablement pension, old age (contributory) pension, old age (non-contributory) pension, retirement pensio