{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-transitional-provisions-regulations-2008/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-transitional-provisions-regulations-2008/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/795",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-transitional-provisions-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Claim for period before appointed day",
  "text": "Where—\n(a) (i) before the appointed day a person purports to make a claim, or\n(ii) on or after the appointed day a person makes a claim,\nfor an employment and support allowance for a period beginning before the appointed day; and\n(b) it appears to the Secretary of State that the person would be entitled to incapacity benefit or income support on the grounds of disability if that person made a claim for it in accordance with section 1(1)(a) of the Administration Act ,\nthe purported claim or claim may be treated by the Secretary of State as a claim in the alternative for incapacity benefit or income support on the grounds of disability.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/795/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:32:56.461115+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}