8.—(1) For the purposes of section 27(1) of the Act (recovery of amount of benefit awarded because prescribed income not paid on prescribed date), a person’s prescribed income consists of resources which are required by Part III of the Supplementary Benefit (Resources) Regulations 1981(1) to be taken into account in the calculation of his income resources.
(2) The prescribed date in relation to any payment of income prescribed by paragraph (1) is—
(a)where it is made in respect of a specific day or period, that day or the first day of the period;
(b)where it is not so made, the day or the first day of the period to which it is fairly attributable.