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2.—(1) The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “payment” the following definition shall be inserted—
““pay period” means the period in respect of which a claimant is, or expects to be normally paid by his employer, being a week, a fortnight, four weeks, a month or other shorter or longer period, as the case may be;”.
(3) In regulation 16 (normal weekly earnings of employed earners)—
(a)in paragraph (1) for the words from “by reference to” to the end of the paragraph, there shall be substituted the words “by taking account of his earnings from that employment which are received in the assessment period relevant to his case, whether the amount so received was earned in respect of that period or not, and in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.”;
(b)in paragraphs (2) to (5) and (8) for the words “reference to” there shall be substituted the words “taking account of”.
(4) In regulation 18 (normal weekly income other than earnings) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (2A)(2) for the words “reference to” each time they are used there shall be substituted the words “taking account of”.
(5) In regulation 20(1) (calculation of weekly amount of income) for the words from “For the purposes of” to “payment is made—” there shall be substituted the words “For the purposes of regulations 16 (normal weekly earnings of employed earners) and 18 (normal weekly income other than earnings), where the claimant’s pay period or, as the case may be, the period in respect of which a payment is made—”.
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