16. In regulation 148(1) (applicable amount in urgent cases: joint-claim couples)—
(a)paragraph (1)(b) shall be omitted;
(b)in paragraph (1)(c), after the words “applicable amount shall” there shall be inserted the words “, subject to paragraph (1A),”;
(c)after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(1A) Paragraph (1)(c) shall only apply where the member of the joint-claim couple was resident in residential accommodation on 7th April 2002 and shall only continue to apply to that couple after that date for so long as that member continues to be resident in such accommodation.”.
(1)
Regulation 148A was inserted by S.I. 2000/1978.