PART 6Income and capital
CHAPTER 3Income
Calculation of weekly income33
1
For the purposes of regulations 29 (average weekly earnings of employed earners), 31 (average weekly income other than earnings) and 32 (calculation of average weekly income from tax credits), where the period in respect of which a payment of income is made—
a
does not exceed a week, the weekly amount is the amount of that payment;
b
exceeds a week, the weekly amount is to be determined—
i
in a case where that period is a month, by multiplying the amount of the payment by 12 and dividing the product by 52;
ii
in any other case, by dividing the amount of the payment by the number equal to the number of days in the period to which it relates and multiplying the quotient by 7.
2
For the purposes of regulation 30 (average weekly earnings of self-employed earners) the weekly amount of earnings of an applicant is to be determined by dividing the applicant's earnings over the assessment period by the number equal to the number of days in that period and multiplying the quotient by 7.