If income is taken into account in full or in part, the decision
maker should decide the appropriate assessment period. The
assessment period
1) must start on a Sunday and end on the Saturday before the
week of application
2) will be
Ignore any income that first becomes payable in the week of application.
Application made on 16.12.99. The partner was in continuous
receipt of IB since 14.8.99. IS was received before 14.8.99.
Because payment of IB was at a different rate from IS an
assessment period of 26 weeks would not provide a representative
figure.
An assessment period of nine weeks immediately before the
week of application (10.10.99 - 11.12.99) would be appropriate.
