The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

[F1 Further provisions as to claims E+W+S

4A.— (1) Where a claimant resides in both—

(a) the area of a local authority specified in Part I or II of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 1999; and

(b) a postcode district identified in Part I or II of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 1999,

any claim for a benefit to which paragraph (2) applies may be made to any office [F2 of a relevant authority] displaying the One logo (whether or not that office is situated within the area of the local authority in which the claimant resides).

(2) The benefits to which this paragraph applies are —

(a) a jobseeker’s allowance;

(b) income support;

(c) incapacity benefit;

(d) [F3 carer’s allowance];

(e) severe disablement allowance;

(f) widow’s benefit;

(g) bereavement benefits;

(h) disability living allowance.

(3) A claim made in accordance with paragraph (1), other than a claim for income support or a jobseeker’s allowance, shall be made in writing on a form approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of the benefit to which the claim is made, or in such other manner, being in writing, as the person to whom the claim is made may accept as sufficient in the circumstances of the particular case.

(4) In the case of a claim for income support or a jobseeker’s allowance, the provisions of regulation 4(1A) to (1C) shall apply.

(5) In its application to the area of any authority specified in Part I or II of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 1999, the “appropriate office” in these Regulations includes also an office of an authority or person to whom claims may be made in accordance with paragraph (1).

(6) In these Regulations, a “participating authority” means any local authority or person to whom claims may be made in accordance with paragraph (1).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 4A - Reg. 4B inserted (29.11.1999) by The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3108), regs. 1, 5

F2 Words in reg. 4A(1) inserted (3.4.2000) by The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/897), regs. 1, 17(1)

F3 Words in reg. 4A substituted (1.4.2003) by The Social Security Amendment (Carers Allowance) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2497), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 paras. 12