Regulation 58 Amendment of the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987I1

The Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987^f1 shall be amended as follows.

After Part VI of the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (changes of circumstances) there shall be inserted the following Part—

“PART VII

ENTITLEMENT TO FAMILY CREDIT AND DISABILITY WORKING ALLOWANCE

Prescribed circumstances for entitlement to family credit

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For the purposes of section 20(5)(bb) of the Act (prescribed circumstances) where a claimant or a member of his family is entitled to disability working allowance, he is entitled to family credit, if—

(a)

at the date of the claim for family credit the award of disability working allowance for him or a member of his family will expire within 42 days; and

(b)

the claimant is or would be otherwise entitled to family credit by virtue of these Regulations; and

(c)

the claim for family credit is made in respect of a period which commences immediately after the expiry of the award of disability working allowance.”