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The Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002

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[F1Periods of illness [F2or incapacity for work][F2, incapacity for work or limited capability for work]U.K.

6.(1) This regulation applies for any period during which a person—

(a)is paid statutory sick pay,

(b)is paid short-term incapacity benefit at the lower rate under sections 30A to 30E of the Contributions and Benefits Act,

(c)is paid income support on the grounds of incapacity for work under paragraphs 7 and 14 of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, [F3or]

[F3(cc)is paid an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act, or]

(d)receives national insurance credits on the grounds of incapacity for work [F4or limited capability for work] under regulation 8B of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975.

(2) For the purposes of the [F5conditions of entitlement in this Part], the person is treated as being engaged in qualifying remunerative work during the period.

  • This is subject to [F6paragraphs (3), (4) and regulation 7D].

(3) The person must have been engaged in qualifying remunerative work [F7, or treated under regulation 7E as being engaged in such work,] immediately before the beginning of the period.

(4) If the person is paid income support as specified in paragraph (1)(c) [F8or employment and support allowance as specified in paragraph (1)(cc)] or receives national insurance credits as specified in paragraph (1)(d) he is treated as being engaged in qualifying remunerative work for a period of 28 weeks only, beginning with the day on which he is first paid income support [F9or employment and support allowance] or receives national insurance credits (as the case may be).

(5) A person who is self-employed is treated as engaged in qualifying remunerative work for the requisite number of hours during any period for which paragraph (1) would have applied in his case but for the fact that the work he performed in the week immediately before the period began, although done for payment or in the expectation of payment, was not performed under a contract of service or apprenticeship.]

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