# The Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987, Regulation 17: Periods to be disregarded

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of ascertaining a claimant’s normal weekly earnings there shall be disregarded—
(a) where the claimant is a self-employed earner, any week or period of weeks in his assessment period during which no activities have been carried out for the purposes of the business;
(b) where the claimant is a director, any week or period of weeks in his assessment period during which he has done no work and in respect of which he has received no earnings; and
his normal weekly earnings shall be determined by reference to his earnings in the remainder of that period (the reduced period) and in these Regulations any reference to an assessment period shall in its application to such a case be construed as a reference to that reduced period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1973/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-regulations-1987/regulation-17
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