20. For paragraph 44A (date on which income consisting of earnings from employment as an employed earner are taken into account: persons who are not pensioners) substitute—
44A. An applicant’s average weekly earnings from employment estimated pursuant to paragraph 44 (average weekly earnings of employed earners: persons who are not pensioners) must be taken into account—
(a)in the case of an application, on the date on which the application was made or treated as made, and the first day of each reduction week thereafter, regardless of when those earnings were actually received;
(b)in the case of an application or a reduction under a scheme where the applicant commences employment, the day on which the applicant commences that employment and the first day of the reduction week thereafter, regardless of when those earnings were actually received; or
(c)in the case of an application or reduction under a scheme where the applicant’s average weekly earnings from employment change, the day on which the applicant’s earnings from employment change and the first day of each reduction week thereafter, regardless of when those earnings were actually received.”