The Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006

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[F128.—(1) This paragraph applies where—

(a)the claimant's entitlement to a transitional addition, ends by virtue of the termination of the claimant's award of council tax benefit, under—

(i)paragraph 27(2)(b);

(ii)sub-paragraph (3)(b) of this paragraph; or

(iii)paragraph 29(3)(b);

(b)within [F212] weeks of that termination but before 5th April 2020 the claimant again becomes entitled to council tax benefit;

(c)in the benefit week in which the claimant again becomes entitled to council tax benefit the relevant person is entitled to an employment and support allowance which is not income-related [F3and];

F4(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)at the date on which the claimant again becomes entitled to council tax benefit, neither the claimant nor the claimant's partner is entitled to an income-related employment and support allowance, an income-based jobseeker's allowance or income support.

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the claimant is entitled, with effect from the day on which the claimant again becomes entitled to council tax benefit, to a transitional addition of the amount of the transitional addition that would have applied had the claimant's entitlement to a transitional addition not ended (but taking account of the effect which any intervening change of circumstances would have had by virtue of paragraph 31), unless the amount of the transitional addition would be nil.

(3) The claimant's entitlement to a transitional addition by virtue of this paragraph ends on any of the following—

(a)the reduction of the transitional addition to nil in accordance with paragraph 31;

(b)the termination of the claimant's award of council tax benefit;

(c)the relevant person no longer being entitled to the employment and support allowance referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c);

(d)the claimant or the claimant's partner becoming entitled to an income-related employment and support allowance, an income-based jobseeker's allowance or income support;

(e)5th April 2020.]

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