Extension of award period15
1
In the case of an award of family credit on any claim to which paragraph (4) of regulation 13 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 198725 applies (advance claims and awards), for the purposes of section 20(6) of the Social Security Act 1986 the prescribed period shall be determined in accordance with paragraph (2) of this regulation.
2
For the purposes of determining the prescribed period the Secretary of State shall assign a number to the claim in question (the claim number), and where that claim number—
a
is exactly divisible by 13, the prescribed period shall be 27 weeks; or
b
is not exactly divisible by 13, the remainder shall be multiplied by 13 and the prescribed period shall be the number of weeks equal to the sum of the resulting product plus 27.”.