PART 6Assessment of household income and capital
CHAPTER 2Calculation of weekly income
Meaning of “assessment period”I144
1
Where an applicant or the applicant’s partner has, or the partners jointly have, an award of universal credit—
a
an “assessment period” means the assessment period based on which the monthly award of universal credit is calculated in accordance with regulation 21 of the 2013 Regulations149, and
b
an applicant’s average total weekly income is calculated in accordance with regulation 43.
2
Where neither the applicant nor the applicant’s partner, nor the partners jointly, have an award of universal credit, an “assessment period” is a period described in regulations 39 (average weekly employed earnings), 40 (average weekly self-employed earnings) F1, 41 (average weekly unearned income) and 41A (calculation of average weekly income from tax credits) over which income falls to be calculated.