12.—(1) Regulation 14 of the Back to Work Bonus Regulations (single persons who become couples: further provisions) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In paragraph (1)(b) for “the claim” there shall be substituted “a claim for a qualifying benefit, other than a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance”.
(3) After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(1A) The number of days the person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) has served of the waiting period referred to in regulation 6 shall be deducted from the number of days of the waiting period the other member of the couple is required to serve.”.