Regulation 6 Amendment of regulation 17 of the General Regulations

In regulation 17 of the General Regulations (periods to be disregarded) for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–

“(a)

for the purposes of regulation 14(1) (normal weekly earnings of employed earners), in the case of an employed earner–

(i)

any period in the assessment period where the earnings of the claimant are irregular or unusual;

(ii)

any period in the assessment period in which a bonus or commission to which regulation 14(1A) applies is paid where that bonus or commis sion is in respect of a period longer than the period relating to the other earnings with which it is paid;”.