# The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, Regulation 73: Amount of income support payable

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to regulations 75 (modifications in income) and 76 (reduction in certain cases), where a claimant is entitled to income support for a period (referred to in this Part as a part-week) to which subsection (1A) of section 21 of the Act (amount etc. of income-related benefit) applies, the amount of income support payable shall, except where paragraph (2) applies, be calculated in accordance with the following formulae—
(a) if the claimant has no income,
N×A7;
(b) if the claimant has income,
(N×(A-I)7)-B.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) In this Regulation—
“A”, ... means the claimant’s weekly applicable amount in the relevant week;
“B” means the amount of any income support, jobseeker’s allowance, maternity allowance, short-term or long-term incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance or employment and support allowance payable in respect of any day in the part-week;
“I” means his weekly income in the relevant week less B;
“N” means the number of days in the part-week;
“relevant week” means the period of 7 days determined in accordance with regulation 74.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/regulation/73 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-1987/regulation-73
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