Regulation 5 Connecting period

in sub-paragraph (a) for the words “a person ceases to be entitled to a qualifying benefit because” there shall be substituted the words “within 12 weeks of a person ceasing to be entitled to a qualifying benefit”;

sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted;

in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “a person ceases to be entitled to a qualifying benefit because” there shall be substituted the words “within 12 weeks of a person ceasing to be entitled to a qualifying benefit”;

after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(f)

a person who is treated under paragraph (4) of regulation 3 as having established a period of entitlement to a qualifying benefit under paragraph (5) of the same regulation satisfies the preceding sub-paragraphs of this paragraph within 12 weeks of the date which applies in his case in accordance with paragraph (6) of regulation 3, and lasts throughout the period the person satisfies the preceding sub-paragraphs of this paragraph.”.