The Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987, Section
2A
is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
2A .—(1) For the purposes of regulations 14 and 15 (reduction and termination of transitional addition and special transitional addition) where a claimant has ceased to be entitled to income support–
(a) because he or his partner becomes engaged in remunerative work the permitted period [F2subject to paragraph (2A)], F3 ... shall be 12 weeks; or
(b)for any other reason, the permitted period shall be eight weeks.
[F4(2A) Subject to paragraph (2B) where the claimant or his partner has ceased to be engaged in remunerative work, the permitted period shall be 8 weeks if—
(a)a jobseeker’s allowance was not payable to the claimant in the circumstances mentioned in [F5section 19(2)(a) or (b)] of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (employment left voluntarily or lost through misconduct); or
(b)the claimant or his partner has ceased to be engaged in that work within 4 weeks of beginning it; or
(c)at any time during the period of 13 weeks immediately preceding the beginning of that work, the person who has ceased to be engaged in it—
(i)was engaged in remunerative work; or
(ii)was in relevant education; or
(iii)was a student.
(2B) Paragraph (2)(b) or (2)(c) shall not apply in the case of a person who, by virtue of regulation 74 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996, is a person to whom [F6section 19(2)(b)] of the Jobseekers Act 1995 does not apply.
(2C) In this regulation, “remunerative work” means remunerative work for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act 1995.]
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Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 2A inserted (9.10.1989) by The Income Support (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1626), regs. 1(1), 2
F2Words in reg. 2A(1)(a) inserted (7.10.1996) by (The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996, S.I. 1996/207), reg. 1(2), 87(7)(a) (as amended (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1517), regs. 1(1), 20)
F3Words in reg. 2A(1)(a) revoked (7.10.1996) by (The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996, S.I. 1996/207), reg. 1(2), 29(3)(a)
F4Reg. 2A(2A)-(2C) inserted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996, (S.I. 1996/207), reg. 1(2), 87(7)(a) (as amended (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1517), regs. 1(1), 20)
F5Words in Reg. 2A(2A) substituted amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 1996/207, reg. 87(7) (22.10.2012) by The Jobseekers Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2568), regs. 1(1), 5(19)(a)
F6Words in Reg. 2A(2B) substituted amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 1996/207, reg. 87(7) (22.10.2012) by The Jobseekers Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2568), regs. 1(1), 5(19)(b)
F7Reg. 2A(2) revoked (7.10.1996) by (The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996, S.I. 1996/207), reg. 1(2), 29(3)(b)
F8Reg. 2A(3) revoked (7.10.1996) by (S.I. The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996, 1996/207), reg. 1(2), 29(3)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 2A modified by S.I. 1996/207, reg. 87(7) (as amended (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1517), regs. 1(1), 20)
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