# Jobseekers Act 1995, Section 12: Income and capital: general.


(1) In relation to a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance, the income and capital of a person shall be calculated or estimated in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) A person’s income in respect of a week shall be calculated in accordance with prescribed rules.
(3) The rules may provide for the calculation to be made by reference to an average over a period (which need not include the week concerned).
(4) Circumstances may be prescribed in which—
(a) a person is treated as possessing capital or income which he does not possess;
(b) capital or income which a person does possess is to be disregarded;
(c) income is to be treated as capital;
(d) capital is to be treated as income.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/18/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-act-1995/section-12
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