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Description of claimant or his partner and period in which claim made | Period of effectiveness of notice of entitlement |
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1A person whose entitlement to income support is less than 10p.
| 6 months from the date on which income support would have been payable if any had been payable. |
2A person in receipt of disability working allowance whose capital does not exceed £8,000.
| The period starting on the date of claim and ending on the expiry of the award of disability working allowance. |
3A person who is not, and does not have a partner who is, engaged in remunerative work and who– bis entitled to a disability premium determined in accordance with paragraphs 11 and 12 of Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987.
| 12 months from the date of claim. |
4A person who is not, and does not have a partner who is, engaged in remunerative work as an employed earner and who is engaged in remunerative work as a self-employed earner who has earnings as a self-employed earner calculated in accordance with the provisions of regulation 30(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 as modified for the purposes of these Regulations in Table A of Part I of Schedule 1.
| 13 months from the date of claim. |
5A full-time student who is, or whose partner is, engaged in remunerative work, and the claim is made during a period of study falling within the final or only year of that student’s course.
| The period starting on the date of claim and ending– - a
6 months after that date; or - b
on the last day of the course of study,
whichever is the earlier. |
6A full-time student who is not, and whose partner is not, engaged in remunerative work and the claim is made during a period of study falling within the final or only year of that student’s course.
| The period starting on the date of claim and ending on the last day of the course. |
7A full-time student who is not, and whose partner is not, engaged in remunerative work, and the claim is made during a period of study falling outside the final or only year of that student’s course.
| The period starting on the date of claim and ending– - a
1 month later than the first day of the next period of study; or - b
6 months after that date,
whichever is the later. |
8A person whose entitlement to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is less than 10 pence.
| 6 months from the date on which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance would have been payable if it had been payable. |
9A person who lives in accommodation provided a care home service provider or by a local authority under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
| 12 months from the date of claim. |
10A relevant child within the meaning of section 23A of the Children Act 1989 whom a responsible local authority is supporting under section 23B(8) of that Act.
| 12 months or until the child’s 18th birthday whichever is longer. |