PART ITRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
Deeming of claims for income support by former beneficiaries4.
(1)
(2)
Where by virtue of paragraph (1) a person’s entitlement to income support falls to be determined as if a claim for it had been duly made, the claimant’s entitlement in respect of a period commencing in the week beginning 11th April 1988 may nevertheless be determined at an earlier date if the claimant is entitled to supplementary benefit at the date of the determination; and any such claim shall be determined in accordance with the Act and Regulations made under that Act as if those provisions were in force.
(3)
A decision which is given awarding income support on a determination made under this regulation–
(a)
may award the benefit from the first day of his second benefit week if it appears probable that the conditions for entitlement to income support 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.