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Regulation 3 Requirement to provide support

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(1)

Subject to regulations 7 and 8:

(a)

the local authority concerned, or

(b)

the local authority to whom responsibility for providing support is transferred under regulation 9,

must provide support during the interim period to eligible persons.

(2)

The question whether a person is an eligible person is to be determined by the local authority concerned.

(3)

For the purposes of these Regulations, the local authority concerned are the local authority to whom a claim for support is made, except where a claim for support is transferred by a local authority in accordance with regulation 9, in which case the local authority concerned are the local authority to whom the claim is transferred.