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

The Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

After Part VI of the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (changes of circumstances) there shall be added 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 Article 21(5)(bb) of the Order^f2 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;

(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.”.