The Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987

Transitional addition U.K.

10.—(1) Except in a case to which regulation 11 or 12 applies (special provisions for patients and persons in board and lodging accommodation or hostels) and subject to the following provisions of this Part, where–

(a) a former beneficiary was entitled to supplementary benefit in respect of his first benefit week; and

(b) either–

(i) he is awarded income support in respect of his second benefit week; or

(ii) he is not entitled to income support in respect of that week only because his applicable amount calculated in accordance with the General Regulations does not exceed his income; and

(c) his total benefit income in his second benefit week is less than his total benefit income in his first benefit week,

he shall be entitled to a transitional addition.

(2) Subject to regulation 12(2), 13(5) or 14 (special provision for persons in residential care or nursing homes and reduction and termination of transitional and personal expenses addition), and except in a case to which paragraph (3) applies, the amount of the transitional addition to which a former beneficiary is entitled under paragraph (1) shall be the difference between his total benefit income in his first and second benefit weeks.

(3) Subject to regulation 14 the amount of the transitional addition applicable to a former beneficiary who in respect of his first benefit week was entitled to a domestic assistance addition of £10 or more shall be the amount (if any) obtained by subtracting from his total benefit income in his first benefit week the amount of his domestic assistance addition, the sum determined under paragraph (4) and, where applicable, (5).

(4) The sum for the purposes of paragraph (3) shall be–

(a) in a case where in his second benefit week a severe disability premium is applicable to the former beneficiary for the purpose of calculating his applicable amount under Part IV of the General Regulations (applicable amounts), his total benefit income in his second benefit week less the amount of that premium;

(b) in any other case, his total benefit income in his second benefit week.

(5) If the amount of the former beneficiary's domestic assistance addition is less than the amount of his severe disability premium, the sum for the purposes of paragraph (3) shall be the amount of the difference between the addition and the premium.