Regulation 6 Transitional provision
Regulations 2 and 5 shall not apply—
to a period of assessment which relates to a claim which is made before the commencement date;
to a period of assessment which relates to a claim which is made within 3 months after the commencement date in respect of a period which began before the commencement date; or
where a person suffers from an attack of a disease and under regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (recrudescence) the attack is a recrudescence of a disease for which a claim was made before the commencement date (or within 3 months after the commencement date in respect of a period which began before the commencement date).
For the purposes of this regulation—
“commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;
the date on which a claim is made is the date on which the claim is made or treated as made in accordance with the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987f1; and
a period of assessment which begins on the day following the end of a preceding period of assessment, shall be treated as a continuation of the preceding period of assessment.