223 Supplementary.E+W+S
(1)For the purposes of sections 221 and 222, in arriving at the average hourly rate of remuneration, only—
(a)the hours when the employee was working, and
(b)the remuneration payable for, or apportionable to, those hours,
shall be brought in.
(2)If for any of the twelve weeks mentioned in sections 221 and 222 no remuneration within subsection (1)(b) was payable by the employer to the employee, account shall be taken of remuneration in earlier weeks so as to bring up to twelve the number of weeks of which account is taken.
(3)Where—
(a)in arriving at the average hourly rate of remuneration, account has to be taken of remuneration payable for, or apportionable to, work done in hours other than normal working hours, and
(b)the amount of that remuneration was greater than it would have been if the work had been done in normal working hours (or, in a case within section 234(3), in normal working hours falling within the number of hours without overtime),
account shall be taken of that remuneration as if the work had been done in such hours and the amount of that remuneration had been reduced accordingly.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 220-224 applied (with modifications) (4.3.1998) by S.I. 1998/192, reg. 37(1)
C2Ss. 221-224 applied (with modifications) (24.12.2003) by The Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3049), reg. 11(4)
C3Ss. 221-224 applied (with modifications) (16.8.2004) by The Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1713), regs. 1, 4, 11(4)
C4Ss. 220-228 applied (6.4.2006 with application in accordance with reg. 21(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), regs. 1(2), 16(4) (with reg. 21(5))