Regulation 9 Amendment of regulation 16

In regulation 16^f1 (date of entitlement for payability of benefit rate)–

(a)

in paragraph (1A)–

(i)

after the reference to “paragraph 7(a)” there shall be inserted a reference to “or (aa)”; and

(ii)

after the words “family credit” in the second place where they occur there shall be inserted the words “or disability working allowance,”;

(b)

in paragraph (1B) after the words “family credit” there shall be inserted the words “or disability working allowance,”;

(c)

after paragraph (1B) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–

“(1C)

Where a claim for disability working allowance is made in accordance with paragraph 11(a) or (b) of Schedule 4 for a period following the expiration of an existing award of disability working allowance or family credit, entitlement shall begin on the day after the expiration of that award.”; and

(d)

in paragraph (3)(b) after the words “family credit” there shall be inserted the words “or disability working allowance”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1988/522.