# The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 5 Regulations 1988, Regulation 17: Amendment of Schedule 2 to the General Regulations

Extent: E+W+S

In Schedule 2 to the General Regulations (applicable amounts), in paragraph 12—
(a) for head (b) of sub-paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following—
“(b) the circumstances of the claimant fall, and have fallen, in respect of a continuous period of not less than 28 weeks, within paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 or, if he was in Northern Ireland for the whole or part of that period, within one or more comparable Northern Irish provisions;”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (4) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—
“(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), once the disability premium is applicable to a claimant by virtue of his satisfying the additional condition specified in that provision, he shall continue to be treated as satisfying that condition for any period spent by him in undertaking a course of training provided under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2022/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-5-regulations-1988/regulation-17
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