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3.—(1) Where a lone parent—
(a)is, on 5th July 1998, in receipt of any of the specified benefits to which regulation 2(5) of the principal Regulations refers and in consequence is entitled to child benefit only at the rate specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(i) of those Regulations;
(b)ceases on or after 6th July 1998 to receive the specified benefit; and
(c)applies for the higher rate of child benefit within one month of ceasing to receive the specified benefit,
regulation 2 of the principal Regulations shall continue to have effect in his case as though regulation 2 above had not been made, but only for so long as the lone parent continuously satisfies the conditions for the higher rate of child benefit and the higher rate continues to exceed the rate for the time being specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(i) of the principal Regulations(1).
(2) In this regulation and regulation 4 below “the higher rate of child benefit” means the rate of child benefit specified in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations, as in force on 5th July 1998.
See S.I. 1998/470; article 13 for current rates of benefit.
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