# The Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 10: Payment of welfare supplementary payment


(1) A welfare supplementary payment under this Part must be paid every four weeks, or as soon as is reasonably practicable thereafter, in arrears , unless in any case or class of case in which a person is entitled to universal credit the Department arranges otherwise.
(2) The period in respect of which welfare supplementary payments are payable to a person under this Part commences—
(a) in a case in which the person makes a claim for income-related employment and support allowance under Part II of the Claims and Payments Regulations during the period referred to in regulation 7(2)(b)—
(i) on the day after the date of the decision in respect of that claim; or
(ii) on the day after the date of the cessation of the person's contributory employment and support allowance as a consequence of section 1A of the WRA 2007,
whichever is the last to occur;
(b) in all other cases on the day after the date of cessation of the person's contributory employment and support allowance as a consequence of section 1A of the WRA 2007.
(3) The period in respect of which welfare supplementary payments are payable to a person under this Part ends—
(a) one year after the date of its commencement under paragraph (2) ; or
(ab) where the person is entitled to welfare supplementary payment in accordance with paragraph (3A) or (3C) of regulation 7 but ceases to have limited capability for work for the purposes of that regulation, on the day on which the person so ceases; or
(b) on 31st March 2028,
whichever is the first to occur.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/178/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-supplementary-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-10
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