Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 14 of the Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987
In regulation 14 of the Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987f1 (reduction and termination of transitional and personal expenses addition) after paragraph (1F) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(1G)Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a) or (d), where a claimant’s applicable amount increases because a child or young person mentioned in paragraph (5)(c) of regulation 16 of the General Regulations (circumstances in which a person is treated or not treated as a member of the household) is treated as a member of the claimant’s household under paragraph (6) of that regulation, the claimant’s transitional addition shall not be reduced by the amount of that increase unless the child or young person has been treated as a member of the household for a continuous period which exceeds eight weeks.”.