The Income Support (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1988

Amendment of regulation 15 of the Transitional Regulations

10.  In regulation 15 of the Transitional Regulations (special transitional addition) —

a) in paragraph (1) —

(i) after the words “Part IV of the General Regulations (applicable amounts)” there shall be inserted the words “in his second benefit week”;

(ii) at the end there shall be added the words “(if any)”;

(b) in paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the following —

“or

(c) in the case of a claimant who is entitled to income support as well as a transitional addition he ceases to be entitled to income support and a transitional addition for a reason other than that his applicable amount under Part IV of the General Regulations does not exceed his income; or

(d) in the case of a claimant who is entitled to a transitional addition and a special transitional addition he would not, if he claimed, be entitled to income support for a reason other than that his applicable amount under Part IV of the General Regulations does not exceed his income; or

(e) he would, but for this sub-paragraph, be entitled only to a special transitional addition and he would not, if he claimed, be entitled to income support for a reason other than that his applicable amount does not exceed his income; or

(f) the amount of his special transitional addition is reduced to nil by virtue of paragraph (2).”;

(c) in paragraph (4) —

(i) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph —

“(a) by virtue of paragraph (3)(a), (c), (d) or (e) he shall be re-entitled to such an addition of the same amount as previously if, not more than 8 weeks after the day on which he ceased to be so entitled, he becomes re-entitled to income support or a transitional addition;”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for the words from and including “within 8 weeks” to the end there shall be substituted the words “not more than 8 weeks after the day on which his applicable amount fell to be determined under the provisions of the General Regulations referred to in paragraph (3)(b), those provisions ceased to apply to him.”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph —

“(c) by virtue of paragraph (3)(f) he shall be re-entitled to such an addition of the same amount as previously if not more than 8 weeks after the day on which he ceased to be so entitled the reason for the cessation ceased to apply to him.”.