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24.—(1) Subject to F3... [F4paragraphs (3) and (3A),] F5... incapacity benefit[F6, maternity allowance] and severe disablement allowance shall be paid fortnightly in arrears unless, [F7in any particular case or class of case], the Secretary of State arranges otherwise.
[F8(1A) Subject to paragraph (1B), the benefits specified in paragraph (1) shall be paid on the day of the week specified in paragraph (1C).
(1B) The Secretary of State may, in any particular case or class of case, arrange that a benefit specified in paragraph (1) be paid on any other day of the week.
(1C) The day specified for the purposes of paragraph (1A) is the day in column (2) which corresponds to the series of numbers in column (1) which includes the last 2 digits of the person’s national insurance number—
(1) | (2) |
00 to 19 | Monday |
20 to 39 | Tuesday |
40 to 59 | Wednesday |
60 to 79 | Thursday |
80 to 99 | Friday.] |
F9(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) If the weekly amount of incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance is less than £1.00 it may be paid in arrears at intervals of 4 weeks.
[F10(3A) Where the amount of incapacity benefit payable after reduction for pension payments under section 30DD of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (including any reduction for other purposes) is less than £5.00 a week, the Secretary of State may direct that it shall be paid [F11in arrears] at such intervals as may be specified not exceeding 12 months.]
F12(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 24 heading omitted (7.10.1996) by virtue of The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Jobseekers Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1460), regs. 1, 2(13)
F2Reg. 24 substituted (13.4.1995) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2943), regs. 1(1), 9
F3Words in reg. 24(1)(2) omitted (8.4.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Claims and Payments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2441), regs. 1(1)(c), 5 (with reg. 15)
F4Words in reg. 24(1) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/604), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)(i)
F5Words in reg. 24(1) omitted (7.10.1996) by virtue of The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Jobseekers Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1460), regs. 1, 2(13)
F6Words in reg. 24(1) inserted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/604), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)(ii)
F7Words in reg. 24(1) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/604), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)(iii)
F8Reg. 24(1A)-(1C) inserted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/604), regs. 1, 2(5)(b)
F9Reg. 24(2) omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/604), regs. 1, 2(5)(c)
F10Reg. 24(3A) inserted (6.4.2001) by The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3120), regs. 1, 3(c) (with reg. 6)
F11Words in reg. 24(3A) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/604), regs. 1, 2(5)(d)
F12Reg. 24(4) omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/604), regs. 1, 2(5)(c)