SCHEDULE 6Determining eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme, amount of reduction and calculation of income and capital: persons who are not pensioners

PART 4Income and capital for the purposes of calculating eligibility for a reduction under an authority’s scheme and amount of reduction

CHAPTER 5Income: persons who are not pensioners

Calculations of average weekly income from tax credits

22.

(1)

This paragraph applies where an applicant receives a tax credit.

(2)

Where this paragraph applies, the period over which a tax credit is to be taken into account must be the period set out in sub-paragraph (3).

(3)

Where the instalment in respect of which payment of a tax credit is made is—

(a)

a daily instalment, the period is 1 day, being the day in respect of which the instalment is paid;

(b)

a weekly instalment, the period is 7 days, ending on the day on which the instalment is due to be paid;

(c)

a two weekly instalment, the period is 14 days, commencing 6 days before the day on which the instalment is due to be paid;

(d)

a four weekly instalment, the period is 28 days, ending on the day on which the instalment is due to be paid.

(4)

For the purposes of this paragraph “tax credit” (“credyd treth”) means child tax credit or working tax credit.