# The Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 8: Amount of welfare supplementary payment


Subject to regulation 9, the amount of a welfare supplementary payment to which a person is entitled under this Part is—
(a) in the cases mentioned in regulation 7(2)(a) and (c), an amount corresponding to the difference between the amount of the previous award of contributory employment and support allowance and the amount of the new award of income-related employment and support allowance;
(b) in the cases mentioned in regulation 7(2)(b) and (d), an amount corresponding to the amount of the previous award of contributory employment and support allowance.
(c) in the cases mentioned in regulation 7(3A), the amount of the welfare supplementary payment to which the person was entitled under this Part immediately before becoming entitled to universal credit,
(d) in the cases mentioned in regulation 7(3C), the amount of the welfare supplementary payment to which the person was entitled immediately before that entitlement ceased.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/178/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-supplementary-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-8
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