Regulation 23 Calculation of income

(1)

This regulation applies only where eligibility is being assessed under regulation 5(6).

(2)

In calculating the disposable income of the person concerned, any sums (net of council tax benefit) payable by him in respect of the council tax to which he is liable by virtue of section 6 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992^f1 shall be deducted.

(3)

Where the income of the person concerned consists, wholly or partly, of a wage or salary from employment, there shall be deducted:

(a)

the reasonable expenses of travelling to and from his place of employment;

(b)

the amount of any payments reasonably made for membership of a trade union or professional organisation;

(c)

where it would be reasonable to do so, an amount to provide for the care of any dependant child living with the person concerned during the time that person is absent from home by reason of his employment; and

(d)

the amount of any contribution paid, whether under a legal obligation or not, to an occupational pension scheme within the meaning of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975^f2 or to a personal pension scheme within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1986^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 14; as amended by S.I. 1997/74.
f2: 1975 c. 60.
f3: 1986 c. 50.