The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

[F1Amount of income support payableE+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, [F4jobseeker’s allowance], [F5maternity allowance,] [F6short-term or long-term incapacity benefit], [F7severe 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

F4Words 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