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9A.—(1) In regulation 9(1)(b) an “initial claim” means a claim which—
(a)is made for the disability element of working tax credit, and
(b)relates to a person who has not had an entitlement to that element or to disabled person’s tax credit during the two years immediately preceding the making of the claim.
(2) In paragraph (1) any reference to the making of a claim includes the giving of notification, in accordance with regulation 20 of the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002, of a change of circumstances falling within that regulation.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) a person is treated as having an entitlement to the disability element of working tax credit if, by virtue of the person being a person who satisfies regulation 9, that element is taken into account in determining the rate at which the person is entitled to a tax credit.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 9-9B substituted for reg. 9 (6.4.2003) by The Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/701), regs. 1, 8