Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 19872

1

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 19873 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 13 (advance claims and awards)—

a

in paragraph (3)4 omit—

i

“Subject to paragraph (4),”;

ii

“disabled person’s tax credit,”; and

iii

“working families’ tax credit,”;

b

omit paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8); and

c

at the end add—

9

Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to—

a

a claim for income support made by a person from abroad as defined in regulation 21AA of the Income Support (General) Regulations 19875 (special cases: supplemental-persons from abroad); or

b

a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance made by a person from abroad as defined in regulation 85A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations6 (special cases: supplemental-persons from abroad).

3

In regulation 13D7 (advance claims for and awards of state pension credit), after paragraph (3) add—

4

This regulation does not apply to a claim made by a person not in Great Britain as defined in regulation 2 of the State Pension Credit Regulations8 (persons not in Great Britain).