Regulation 6 Transitional arrangements

If on or before 6th October 1996 a determination had been made that a person was not to be treated as available for employment for the purpose of entitlement to income support in accordance with the Income Support (Pilot Scheme) Regulations 1996^f1, an award of income-based jobseeker’s allowance which would otherwise have effect in accordance with regulation 6 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1995^f2 shall not be payable to him for the balance of the period determined in accordance with regulation 5(5) of the Income Support (Pilot Scheme) Regulations 1996 unless he was on 6th October 1996 entitled to income support at a rate reduced in accordance with regulation 22 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f3, in which case it shall be payable to him for the balance of that period at a rate equivalent to that which he was receiving on 6th October 1996 as income support.

In relation to a person to whom regulation 4(2) applies, regulation 69(a)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall read as if after the words “that subsection” there were inserted the words “or a determination has been made that a person was not to be treated as available for employment for the purpose of entitlement to income support in accordance with the Income Support (Pilot Scheme) Regulations 1996” (S.I. 1996/1252).