The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Unearned income calculated monthly

73.—(1) A person’s unearned income is to be calculated as a monthly amount.

(2) Where the period in respect of which a payment of income is made is not a month, an amount is to be calculated as the monthly equivalent—

(a) weekly payments are multiplied by 52 and divided by 12,

(b) four-weekly payments are multiplied by 13 and divided by 12,

(c) three-monthly payments are multiplied by 4 and divided by 12, and

(d) annual payments are divided by 12.

(3) Where the period in respect of which unearned income is paid begins or ends during an assessment period the amount of unearned income for that assessment period is to be calculated as follows:

Where N is the number of days of which unearned income is paid that fall within the assessment period and M the monthly amount referred to in paragraph (1) or, as the case may be the monthly equivalent referred to in paragraph (2).

(4) Where the amount of a person’s unearned income fluctuates, the monthly equivalent is to be calculated—

(a) where there is an identifiable cycle, over the duration of one such cycle, or

(b) where there is no identifiable cycle, over 3 months or such other period as may, in the particular case, enable the monthly equivalent of the person’s income to be determined more accurately.

(5) This regulation does not apply to student income.