Division 2 Barriers to Full Employment Household units & Expected to Work or Working Household units, Budgetary Requirements, Section 26 Income support and benefits calculation
If the budgetary requirements under section 24 exceed the financial resources available to the members of the household unit, the amount of income support and benefits for a month that may be provided is determined in accordance with the following formula:
A-B where
A is the budgetary requirements determined under section 24;
B is the financial resources available under section 23.
If income support and benefits is required for only a part of a month, the amount calculated under subsection (1) may be provided on a pro rated basis.