The Income Support (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/1600
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force as follows–

(a) for the purposes of regulations 1 and 2(1) and (3), on 1st October 1991,

(b) for the purposes of regulations 2(2) and 3, on the date on which the increase of child benefit to which those regulations refer is treated as paid in accordance with regulation 31 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (date on which income is treated as paid).

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 14 of the principal Regulations

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(1) Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations (reduction and termination of transitional and personal expenses addition) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) After paragraph (1C) the following new paragraph shall be inserted–

(1CA) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (e) the amount of a claimant’s transitional addition shall not be reduced if, and to the extent that, the increase in his income or, as the case may be, the reason his income exceeds his applicable amount is attributable to the amendments made by regulation 2 of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1991 .

(3) After paragraph (1D) the following new paragraph shall be inserted–

(1DA) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a) or (d), the amount of a claimant’s transitional addition shall not be reduced if, and to the extent that, the increase in his applicable amount is attributable to the amendments made by regulation 15(a), (b) or (c) of the Income Support (General) Amendment No.4 Regulations 1991 and that increase in his applicable amount takes effect in his benefit week beginning on a day during the period of 7 days commencing on 1st October 1991.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 15 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 15 of the principal Regulations (special transitional addition) in paragraph (2) the following words shall be added at the end–

or to the receipt of an increase in the weekly rate of child benefit which is attributable to the amendments made by regulation 2 of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Amendment No.2 Regulations 1991.