Article 14 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;
Notes on the whole Order
Textual amendments
- F1
functions transf. by SR 1999/481
- F2
mod. by SR 1999/350