Explanatory note

they provide definitions of “date of claim” and “maternity leave” (regulations 2 and 16);

they provide that a person absent from work owing to illness or maternity is not to be treated as engaged in remunerative work (regulations 3 and 17);

they provide for certain capital of a child or young person to be treated as income and make consequential amendments (regulations 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 and 28);

they alter from 52 weeks to a year the period by reference to which the earnings of self-employed earners are to be estimated (regulations 7 and 20);

with respect to the calculation of earnings of employed earners, they further specify the amounts which are to be included as earnings; they amend the provisions relating to the disregard of certain earnings where the employment has been terminated or the claimant has ceased to be engaged in work; they provide that certain disregards do not apply when certain other disregards apply, and that a specified amount only shall be disregarded in respect of earnings of children in certain circumstances (regulations 8, 13, 21 and 26);

with respect to the calculation of earnings of self-employed earners, they amend the provisions specifying the amount to be deducted in respect of social security contributions (regulations 9 and 22);

they amend, in relation to the calculation of a person’s applicable amount, the conditions relating to severe disability premium (regulations 12 and 25);

with respect to the calculation of income other than earnings, they provide that the disregard of a specified amount of certain war pensions and payments is not to apply where the pension or payment falls to be disregarded under other specified provisions (regulations 14 and 27);

with respect to the calculation of capital, they specify that £200 of certain payments made as a training bonus are to be disregarded (regulations 15 and 28).