Section 10.

Assessment of means of a person who is a member of a couple where the application for State support is made prior to the relevant day

1.

(a) The means of a person who is a member of a couple shall, subject to Part 3, be assessed on the basis of the rules in this Part.

(b) This Part applies to applications for State support made prior to the relevant day.

Assessment of income

2. Assess the weekly income by following the directions at steps A to F:

A. Establish the annual income of the person and his or her partner using the definition of "income".

B. From the annual income of each of those persons deduct allowable deductions applicable to that person's income to establish net annual income of each member of the couple.

C. Aggregate the two net annual incomes established under step B.

D. Divide amount produced by step C by 52 to establish net weekly income.