The Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987

Claims for income support made before 11th April 1988

3.—(1) A claim for income support may be made on or after 14th March 1988 and before 11th April 1988, and a claim for supplementary benefit made during that period may be treated in addition as a claim for income support.

(2) Paragraph (1) and regulation 4 (deeming of claims for income support by former beneficiaries) shall not apply in the case of a person affected by a trade dispute (that is to say a person in respect of whom the applicable amount or a proportion of the applicable amount falls to be disregarded by virtue of section 23 of the Act).

(3) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, any claim for income support made or treated as made in accordance with paragraph (1) may be determined before 11th April 1988 in accordance with the Act and Regulations made under that Act as if those provisions were in force.

(4) Any claim made or treated as made in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be treated as made for a period commencing on 11th April 1988.

(5) A decision which is given awarding income support on such a claim as is referred to in paragraph (1)–

(a) may award the benefit from 11th April 1988 if it appears probable that the conditions for entitlement to income support for the person who made that claim will be satisfied;

(b) shall be subject to the conditions for entitlement being so satisfied on the date from which the benefit is awarded;

(c) may be reviewed if any question arises as to the satisfaction of those conditions.