The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, Section 73 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
73.—(1) Subject to regulations 75 (modifications in income) and 76 (reduction in certain cases), where a claimant is entitled to income support for a period (referred to in this Part as a part-week) to which subsection (1A) of section 21 of the Act (amount etc. of income-related benefit) applies, the amount of income support payable shall, except where paragraph (2) applies, be calculated in accordance with the following formulae—
(a)if the claimant has no income,
(b)if the claimant has income,
F2(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) In this Regulation—
“A”, F3... means the claimant’s weekly applicable amount in the relevant week;
“B” means the amount of any income support, [F4jobseeker’s allowance], [F5maternity allowance,] [F6short-term or long-term incapacity benefit], [F7severe disablement allowance or employment and support allowance] payable in respect of any day in the part-week;
“I” means his weekly income in the relevant week less B;
“N” means the number of days in the part-week;
“relevant week” means the period of 7 days determined in accordance with regulation 74.
F8(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F8(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 7 inserted (11.4.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/663), regs. 1(1), 27
F2Reg. 73(2) omitted (8.4.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), reg. 1, Sch. Pt. I para. 13(b)
F3Words in reg. 73(3) omitted (8.4.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), reg. 1, Sch. Pt. I para. 13(a)
F4Words in reg. 73(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/206), regs. 1(1), 19
F5Words in reg. 73(3) inserted (12.9.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1445), regs. 1(1)(b), 17
F6Words in reg. 73(3) substituted (13.4.1995) by The Disability Working Allowance and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/482), regs. 1(1), 12 (with reg. 1(4))
F7Words in reg. 73(3) substituted (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1554), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(9)
F8Reg. 73(4)(5) omitted (8.4.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), reg. 1, Sch. Pt. I para. 13(b)
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