Amendments to the Family Credit Regulations

7.  In regulation 14 after paragraph (6) insert the following paragraph—

(6ZA) Where at the date of claim—

(a)the claimant is a Crown servant posted overseas or a partner of such a Crown servant, and

(b)either or both of them has employment other than as a Crown servant which is carried on in an overseas territory,

the Board shall require either or both of them to furnish either evidence of earnings from that employment or, if that is not available, an estimate of likely earnings from that employment for the pay periods for which they will normally be paid, and normal weekly earnings shall be determined by taking account of that evidence or estimate..