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The Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987
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- Instrument applied by 1997 c. 27 s. 8 Sch.2 Note 1(2)
[F1Permitted periodU.K.
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.]
F7( 2 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F8( 3 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
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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