31.—(1) Except where paragraph (2) applies, a payment of income to which regulation 29 (calculation of earnings derived from employed earner's employment and income other than earnings) applies shall be treated as paid—
(a)in the case of a payment which is due to be paid before the first benefit week pursuant to the claim, on the date on which it is due to be paid;
(b)in any other case, on the first day of the benefit week in which it is due to be paid or the first succeeding benefit week in which it is practicable to take it into account.
(2) Income support, unemployment benefit, sickness or invalidity benefit, or severe disablement allowance under the Social Security Act F1 shall be treated as paid on the day of the benefit week in respect of which [F2it is payable].
Textual Amendments
F1See sections 12(1)(a) to (c), 14 to 16 and 36 of the Social Security Act 1975 (c. 14); section 12(1)(a) and (b) was amended by the Social Security (No. 2) Act 1980 (c. 39), section 7(6) and the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), Schedule 5, paragraph 2; section 14 was amended by the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60), section 18(1) and 65, Schedule 4, paragraph 39, the Social Security Act 1979 (c. 18) section 21(4), Schedule 3, paragraph 6, the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24) sections 39(3) and 48, Schedule 4, paragraph 9; the Social Security (No. 2) Act 1980 (c. 39) section 7 and the Schedule and the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50) section 86 Schedule 10 paragraph 83; section 15 was amended by the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 section 65, Schedule 4, paragraph 40, the Social Security Act 1979 section 21, Schedule 1, paragraph 1, Schedule 3, paragraph 7, the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 section 48, Schedule 4 paragraph 10; and the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50) section 86 Schedule 10 Part V paragraph 83; section 15A was inserted by section 18(3) of the Social Security Act 1985 (c. 53); section 16 was amended by the Social Security Act 1979, Schedule 1, paragraph 10 and the Social Security Act 1985 section 9(1) and modified for certain purposes by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50) section 4; section 36 was substituted by the Health and Social Security Act 1984, section 11 and subsection 4A was added by the Social Security Act 1985 Schedule 4, paragraph 3.
F2Words in reg. 31(2) substituted (11.4.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/663), regs. 1(1), 14
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 31 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1