4(1)Regulations may provide for circumstances in which a period of limited capability for work which is separated from another period of limited capability for work by not more than a prescribed length of time is to be treated for the purposes of this Part as a continuation of the earlier period.E+W+S
(2)Regulations may provide, in relation to periods which are linked by virtue of regulations under sub-paragraph (1), that a condition which was satisfied in relation to the earlier period is to be treated for the purposes of this Part as satisfied in relation to the later period.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 18.3.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(1)
I2Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 27.10.2008 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(4)(e)
[F14AE+W+SRegulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person may be entitled to employment and support allowance without having accepted a claimant commitment.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 4A inserted (25.2.2013) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 54(6), 150(3); S.I. 2013/358, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 23