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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 and this regulation shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

(2) Subject to paragraph (5), in a case where a claimant for income support–

(a)has a child or young person who is a member of his family for the purposes of his claim for income support, and

(b)is awarded, or his partner is awarded, a child tax credit for a period beginning before 6th April 2004,

regulation 7 shall have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the day from which that award of child tax credit begins and regulation 2 and Schedule 1 shall have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2004.

(3) Subject to [F1paragraphs (4A) to (5)], in a case where a claimant for income support–

(a)has a child or young person who is a member of his family for the purposes of his claim for income support, and

(b)has not been awarded, or his partner has not been awarded, a child tax credit for a period beginning before 6th April 2004,

regulations 2 and 7 and Schedule 1 shall have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the day on which his, or his partner's, award of child tax credit begins.

(4) Subject to [F2paragraphs (4A) to (5)], in a case where paragraph (2)(a) or (3)(a) does not apply to a claimant for income support, regulation 2 and Schedule 1 shall have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2004.

[F3(4A) In the case of a person who makes a claim for income support on or after 8th September 2005, regulation 2 and Schedule 1 shall have effect from the date that claim is made.

(4B) Subject to paragraph (4C), in the case of a claimant for income support who applies on or after 8th September 2005 for an amount to be included in his applicable amount in respect of a child or young person, regulation 2 and Schedule 1 shall have effect from the date of that application.

(4C) Paragraph (4B) shall not apply to a claimant for income support who already has an amount included in his applicable amount in respect of a child or young person on the date he makes the application referred to in that paragraph.]

(5) The provisions in–

(a)paragraphs 10(b) and (c), 20(b), 23(a) and 24(a) of Schedule 1 and regulation 2 insofar as it relates to those paragraphs shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant for income support from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for the claimant on or after 7th April 2003;

(b)paragraph 19 of Schedule 1 and regulation 2 insofar as it relates to that paragraph shall come into force on 7th April 2003.

(6) Subject to paragraph (9), in a case where a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance–

(a)has a child or young person who is a member of his family for the purposes of his claim for jobseeker’s allowance, and

(b)is awarded, or his partner is awarded, a child tax credit for a period beginning before 6th April 2004,

regulation 8 shall have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the day from which that award of child tax credit begins and regulation 3 and Schedule 2 shall have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2004.

(7) Subject to [F4paragraphs (8A) to (9)], in a case where a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance–

(a)has a child or young person who is a member of his family for the purposes of his claim for jobseeker’s allowance, and

(b)has not been awarded, or his partner has not been awarded, a child tax credit for a period beginning before 6th April 2004,

regulations 3 and 8 and Schedule 2 shall have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the day on which his, or his partner's, award of child tax credit begins.

(8) Subject to [F5“paragraphs (8A) to (9)], in a case where paragraph (6)(a) or (7)(a) does not apply to a claimant for jobseeker’s allowance, regulation 3 and Schedule 2 shall have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2004.

[F6(8A) In the case of a person who makes a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance on or after 8th September 2005, regulation 3 and Schedule 2 shall have effect from the date that claim is made.

(8B) Subject to paragraph (8C), in the case of a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance who applies on or after 8th September 2005 for an amount to be included in his applicable amount in respect of a child or young person, regulation 3 and Schedule 2 shall have effect from the date of that application.

(8C) Paragraph (8B) shall not apply to a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance who already has an amount included in his applicable amount in respect of a child or young person on the date he makes the application referred to in that paragraph.]

(9) Paragraphs 10(b), 20(b) and (e), 23(a) and 24(a) of Schedule 2 and regulation 3 insofar as it relates to those paragraphs shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant for jobseeker’s allowance from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for the claimant on or after 7th April 2003.

(10) The provisions in –

(a)paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 and regulation 6 insofar as it relates to that paragraph shall come into force on 1st April 2003 immediately before the coming into force of paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit)(Amendment) Regulations 2002 M1;

(b)paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 and regulation 6 insofar as it relates to that paragraph shall come into force on 1st April 2003, and

(c)the remaining paragraphs of Schedule 4 and regulation 6 insofar as it relates to those paragraphs and regulations 4 and 5 and Schedule 3 shall come into force on 7th April 2003.

(11) In paragraphs (2) to (5) and regulation 7, the expressions “benefit week”, “claimant” and “partner” have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) M2 of the Income Support Regulations and in paragraphs (6) to (9) and regulation 8, the expressions “benefit week” and “partner” have the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) M3 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.

(12) In these Regulations–

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the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M4; and

the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M5.

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