The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

[F1 Amount of income support payable E+W+S

73.— (1) Subject to regulations 75 (modifications in income) and 76 (reduction in certain cases), where a claimant is entitled to income support for a period (referred to in this Part as a part-week) to which subsection (1A) of section 21 of the Act (amount etc. of income-related benefit) applies, the amount of income support payable shall, except where paragraph (2) applies, be calculated in accordance with the following formulae—

(a) if the claimant has no income,

(b) if the claimant has income,

F2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) In this Regulation—

• “A”, F3 ... means the claimant’s weekly applicable amount in the relevant week;

• “B” means the amount of any income support, [F4 jobseeker’s allowance], [F5 maternity allowance,] [F6 short-term or long-term incapacity benefit], [F7 severe disablement allowance or employment and support allowance] payable in respect of any day in the part-week;

• “I” means his weekly income in the relevant week less B;

• “N” means the number of days in the part-week;

• “relevant week” means the period of 7 days determined in accordance with regulation 74.

F8 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 7 inserted (11.4.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/663), regs. 1(1), 27

F2 Reg. 73(2) omitted (8.4.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), reg. 1, Sch. Pt. I para. 13(b)

F3 Words in reg. 73(3) omitted (8.4.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), reg. 1, Sch. Pt. I para. 13(a)

F4 Words in reg. 73(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/206), regs. 1(1), 19

F5 Words in reg. 73(3) inserted (12.9.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1445), regs. 1(1)(b), 17

F6 Words in reg. 73(3) substituted (13.4.1995) by The Disability Working Allowance and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/482), regs. 1(1), 12 (with reg. 1(4))

F7 Words in reg. 73(3) substituted (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1554), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(9)

F8 Reg. 73(4)(5) omitted (8.4.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), reg. 1, Sch. Pt. I para. 13(b)