Paragraph 95 Extended reductions: persons who are not pensioners
England, Wales and Scotland
An applicant who is entitled to a reduction under this scheme by virtue of falling within any of classes D to F is entitled to an extended reduction where—
the applicant or the applicant’s partner was entitled to a qualifying income-related benefit;
entitlement to a qualifying income-related benefit ceased because the applicant or the applicant’s partner—
commenced employment as an employed or self-employed earner;
increased their earnings from such employment; or
increased the number of hours worked in such employment,
and that employment is or, as the case may be, those increased earnings or increased number of hours are expected to last five weeks or more; and
the applicant or the applicant’s partner had been entitled to and in receipt of a qualifying income-related benefit, jobseeker’s allowance or a combination of those benefits for a continuous period of at least 26 weeks before the day on which the entitlement to a qualifying income-related benefit ceased.
For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(c), an applicant or an applicant’s partner is to be treated as having been entitled to and in receipt of a qualifying income-related benefit or jobseeker’s allowance during any period of less than five weeks in respect of which the applicant or the applicant’s partner was not entitled to any of those benefits because the applicant or the applicant’s partner was engaged in remunerative work as a consequence of their participation in an employment zone programme.
For the purpose of this paragraph, where an applicant or an applicant’s partner is entitled to and in receipt of joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance they must be treated as being entitled to and in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance.
An applicant must be treated as entitled to a reduction under this scheme by virtue of falling within any of classes D to F where—
the applicant ceased to be entitled to a reduction under this scheme because the applicant vacated the dwelling in which the applicant was resident;
the day on which the applicant vacated the dwelling was either in the week in which entitlement to a qualifying income-related benefit ceased, or in the preceding week; and
entitlement to the qualifying income-related benefit ceased in any of the circumstances listed in sub-paragraph (1)(b).
This paragraph does not apply where, on the day before an applicant’s entitlement to income support ceased, regulation 6(5) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987f1 (remunerative work: housing costs) applied to that applicant.
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