The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1994

Substitution of regulation 24

9.  For regulation 24 (unemployment benefit, sickness or invalidity benefit, maternity allowance and severe disablement allowance) there shall be substituted the following regulation–

“Unemployment benefit, incapacity benefit, maternity allowance and severe disablement allowance

24.— (1) Subject to regulation 21 and paragraphs (2) and (3), unemployment benefit, incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance shall be paid fortnightly in arrears unless, in any particular case, the Secretary of State arranges otherwise.

(2) Subject to regulation 21 and paragraph (3), incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance shall be paid weekly in arrears where–

(a) immediately before 13th April 1995 a person was entitled to sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or severe disablement allowance and–

(i) in the case of severe disablement allowance, there has been no break in the entitlement to that benefit on or after that date;

(ii) in the case of sickness benefit and invalidity benefit, there has been no break in the entitlement to incapacity benefit on or after that date;

(b) a claim for incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance is made on or after 13th April 1995 and immediately before the date of the claim income support on the grounds of incapacity for work was being paid weekly.

(3) If the weekly amount of incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance is less than £1.00 it may be paid in arrears at intervals of 4 weeks.

(4) Maternity allowance shall be paid on Friday in the week for which it is payable unless in any particular case the Secretary of State arranges otherwise.”.