{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1814",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Average weekly income other than earnings",
  "text": "(1) A claimant’s income which does not consist of earnings shall, except where paragraph (2) applies, be estimated over such period as is appropriate in order that his average weekly income over the benefit period may be estimated accurately but the length of the period shall not in any case exceed 52 weeks; and nothing in this paragraph shall authorise an authority to disregard any such income other than that specified in Schedule 4.\n(2) The period over which any benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is to be taken into account shall be the period in respect of which that benefit is payable.\n(3) For the purposes of this regulation income other than earnings shall be calculated in accordance with Chapter V of this Part.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 1.4.1993, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1510",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and Supply of Information (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/14",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1814/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:39.387743+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}