# The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991, Regulation 56: Overlapping awards

Extent: E+W+S

(1) An award of disabled person’s tax credit (the new award) which is made in consequence of a claim in respect of a period beginning before the commencement of an existing award of disabled person’s tax credit (the existing award) and which overlaps with the period of the existing award, shall be treated as a relevant change of circumstances affecting the existing award and the existing award shall be superseded.
(2) An award of working families' tax credit which is made in consequence of a claim in respect of a period beginning on or before the commencement of an existing award of disabled person’s tax credit (the existing award) and which overlaps with the period of the existing award, shall be treated as a change of circumstances affecting the existing award and the existing award shall be superseded.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2887/regulation/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-working-allowance-general-regulations-1991/regulation-56
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