Regulation 18 Transitional provisions with respect to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations

Where invalidity pension was payable to the claimant for one or more of the 56 days immediately preceding the date on which the claim for disability working allowance was made or was treated as made, the payments shall be treated for the purposes of section 129(2)(a)(i) M1 of the Contributions and Benefits Act as payments of long-term incapacity benefit.

Any day on which a claimant was entitled to invalidity pension under sections 33, 40 or 41 of the Contributions and Benefits Act as in force on 12th April 1995 shall be treated for the purposes of section 129(2A)(b) M2 of the Contributions and Benefits Act as a day on which he was entitled to long-term incapacity benefit.