Regulation 6 Amendment of regulation 9(2) of the Resources Regulations

In regulation 9(2) of the Resources Regulations (calculation of income resources) after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(f)

where a payment is one to which regulation 3(2)(i) applies—

(i)

for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) the period in respect of which the payment is to be taken into account is the period which would have applied had the commutated payments been made periodically; and

(ii)

for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b), the payable date is the date on which the commutated payments would have been payable if made periodically; and

(iii)

the weekly rate of the payment shall be determined by dividing the amount of the payment by the number of weeks for which the payment is to be attributed in accordance with head (i) and sub-paragraph (a).”.