The Income Support (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1991
Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
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(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force as follows–
(a)
for the purposes of regulations 1 and 2(1) and (3), on 1st October 1991,
(b)
(2)
Amendment of regulation 14 of the principal Regulations2.
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(1)
Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations (reduction and termination of transitional and personal expenses addition) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2)
“(1CA)
Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (e) the amount of a claimant’s transitional addition shall not be reduced if, and to the extent that, the increase in his income or, as the case may be, the reason his income exceeds his applicable amount is attributable to the amendments made by regulation 2 of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 19915.”.
(3)
“(1DA)
Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a) or (d), the amount of a claimant’s transitional addition shall not be reduced if, and to the extent that, the increase in his applicable amount is attributable to the amendments made by regulation 15(a), (b) or (c) of the Income Support (General) Amendment No.4 Regulations 19916 and that increase in his applicable amount takes effect in his benefit week beginning on a day during the period of 7 days commencing on 1st October 1991.”.
Amendment of regulation 15 of the principal Regulations3.
“or to the receipt of an increase in the weekly rate of child benefit which is attributable to the amendments made by regulation 2 of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Amendment No.2 Regulations 1991.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
These Regulations further amend the Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987 to provide that a person’s transitional addition or special transitional addition in respect of income support shall not be reduced where there has been an increase in his income attributable to the receipt of an increase of child benefit having effect from the week beginning 7th October 1991, or an increase in his applicable amount in consequence of the child benefit increase.