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Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972

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3(1)If an authority are satisfied on an application for a rebate or an allowance that the applicant is eligible for consideration for a rebate or an allowance, it shall be their duty to assess the amount which is likely to be the income of the applicant and of any spouse of his during the rebate period or, as the case may be, the allowance period.

(2)In so far as a person's income consists of earnings from a gainful occupation, the amount which is likely to be the income shall be calculated or estimated by reference to the average of his earnings from that occupation over a period ending with his last pay-day before the application and being a period—

(a)of five weeks, if he is paid weekly,

(b)of two months, if he is paid monthly,

so, however, that in any case the authority may have regard to the average of a person's earnings from a gainful occupation over such other period or periods as appear to them to be appropriate in order properly to assess the amount which is likely to be his income during the rebate period or the allowance period, as the case may be.

(3)In so far as a person's earnings from any gainful occupation comprise salary, wages or fees related to a fixed period, the gross amount of his salary, wages or fees shall be taken into account; and in so far as a person's earnings from any gainful occupation do not comprise salary, wages or fees related to a fixed period, the net profit derived from that occupation shall be taken into account.

(4)In so far as a person's income does not consist of earnings from a gainful occupation, its weekly amount shall be calculated or estimated, subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, on such basis as appears to the authority to be appropriate in the circumstances of the particular case.

(5)The Secretary of State may give directions to authorities in general as to the manner in which they are to calculate the income of persons who belong to classes of persons to whom payments are made by virtue of any enactment which in his opinion are not taxable and are of amounts calculated on the basis that they are not taxable.

(6)In this paragraph—

  • " net profit " means profit after deduction of expenses but without deduction of income tax or of contributions payable by him under the [1965 c. 51.] National Insurance Act 1965 except contributions paid otherwise than as an insured person ; and

  • " pay-day " means an occasion on which earnings are paid.

(7)Where any amount which is payable or calculated otherwise than as a weekly amount falls to be taken into account for the purposes of this paragraph, it shall be converted into the weekly amount which represents it, and that amount shall be treated as the relevant amount for those purposes.

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