SCHEDULE 6Extended payments of council tax benefit
PART 1Conditions for an extended payment
1
The conditions prescribed in this paragraph are that the Secretary of State has certified to the relevant authority—
a
that the claimant or his partner was entitled to and in receipt of income support or an income-based jobseeker's allowance or that the claimant and his partner were entitled to and in receipt of a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance and that entitlement has ceased;
b
the relevant day in his case;
c
that entitlement to income support or an income-based jobseeker's allowance had ceased by reason of the claimant or his partner—
i
commencing employment as an employed or self-employed earner; or
ii
increasing their earnings from such employment; or
iii
increasing the number of hours worked in such employment; and
d
that the claimant had been entitled to and in receipt of income support or a jobseeker's allowance for a continuous period of at least 26 weeks until the relevant day, and for the purpose of this sub-paragraph—
i
a claimant satisfies the conditions of this sub-paragraph if he has been entitled to and in receipt of a combination of income support and a jobseeker's allowance for at least 26 weeks and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, a reference to the claimant being entitled to and in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance shall include a reference to the claimant and his partner being entitled to and in receipt of a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance;
ii
the claimant shall be treated as having been entitled to and in receipt of income support or a jobseeker's allowance during any period of less than 5 weeks in respect of which he was not entitled to either of those benefits because, as a consequence of his participation in an employment zone programme, he was engaged in remunerative work; and
iii
references to the claimant include references to his partner.
2
The conditions prescribed in this paragraph are that the claimant or the claimant's partner—
a
notifies either the designated office or an appropriate DWP office that he or his partner—
i
has commenced, or is about to commence, remunerative work;
ii
has commenced, or is about to commence, receiving remuneration for work or an increased amount of remuneration for work; or
iii
has commenced, or is about to commence, an increased number of hours of work,
so that entitlement to income support or to an income-based jobseeker's allowance ceases and that work or, as the case may be, remuneration, is expected to last 5 weeks or more; and
b
makes that notification no later than 4 weeks after the day on which the claimant or his partner first undertakes the remunerative work referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i) or first receives remuneration for the work or an increased amount of remuneration for the work referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(ii), or first commences the increased number of hours of work referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(iii).