PART 2The assessment phase
The end of the assessment phase5
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and regulation 6, the assessment phase in relation to a claimant ends on the last day of a period of 13 weeks beginning on the first day of the assessment phase as determined under section 24(2)(a) of the Act.
2
Where paragraph (3) applies, the assessment phase is to end when it is determined whether the claimant has limited capability for work.
3
This paragraph applies where, at the end of the 13 week period referred to in paragraph (1)—
a
the claimant has not been assessed in accordance with a limited capability for work assessment; and
b
the claimant has not been treated as having limited capability for work in accordance with regulation 16, 21, 22 or 25.