# The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1988, Regulation 4: Amendment of regulation 17


In regulation 17 (duration of awards), after paragraph 1 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(1A) Where an award of income support is made in respect of a married or unmarried couple (as defined in section 20(1) of the Social Security Act 1986) and one member of the couple is, at the date of claim, a person to whom section 23 of that Act applies, the award of benefit shall cease when the person to whom section 23 applies returns to work with the same employer.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/522/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-4
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