# The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991, Regulation 20: Calculation of weekly amount of income

Extent: E+W+S

(1) For the purposes of regulations 16 (normal weekly earnings of employed earners) and 18 (normal weekly income other than earnings), where the claimant’s pay period or, as the case may be, the period in respect of which a payment is made—
(a) does not exceed a week, the weekly amount shall be the amount of that payment;
(b) exceeds a week, the weekly amount shall be determined—
(i) in a case where that period is a month, by multiplying the amount of the payment by 12 and dividing the product by 52;
(ii) in a case where that period is 3 months, by multiplying the amount of the payment by 4 and dividing the product by 52;
(iii) in a case where that period is a year, by dividing the amount of the payment by 52;
(iv) in any other case, by multiplying the amount of the payment by 7 and dividing the product by the number equal to the number of days in the period in respect of which it is made.
(2) For the purposes of regulation 17 (normal weekly earnings of self-employed earners) the weekly amount of earnings of a claimant shall be determined—
(a) except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, by dividing his earnings received in the assessment period or, as the case may be, estimated for that period by the number equal to the number of weeks in that period;
(b) in a case where regulation 17(1)(b) applies, by multiplying his earnings relevant to the assessment period (whether or not received in that period) by 7 and dividing the product by the number equal to the number of days in that period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2887/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-working-allowance-general-regulations-1991/regulation-20
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