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Regulation 71A Duration of extended payment period (qualifying contributory benefits)F1

(1)

Where a claimant is entitled to an extended payment (qualifying contributory benefits), the extended payment period starts on the first day of the benefit week immediately following the benefit week in which the claimant, or the claimant’s partner, ceased to be entitled to a qualifying contributory benefit.

(2)

For the purpose of paragraph (1), a claimant or a claimant’s partner ceases to be entitled to a qualifying contributory benefit on the day immediately following the last day of entitlement to that benefit.

(3)

The extended payment period ends—

(a)

at the end of a period of 4 weeks; or

(b)

on the date on which the claimant to whom the extended payment (qualifying contributory benefits) is payable has no liability for rent or rates, if that occurs first.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regs. 71-71C substituted for reg. 71 (6.10.2008) by The Housing Benefit (Extended Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/285), regs. 1(1), 2(5)

Notes on Part VIII

Modifications

C1

Pt. VIII applied (with modifications) (1.4.2007) by The Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/204), regs. 1(1), 22(1)