Amendment of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations
17.—(1) Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (manner and time of payment, effective date of change of circumstances and commencement of entitlement in income support cases) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 6 (commencement of entitlement to income support), the following words shall be added at the end—
“except where income support is paid in advance, when entitlement shall commence on the relevant day, if that day is a day for payment as determined under paragraph 3 but otherwise on the first day for payment after the relevant day.”.
(3) In sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 7 (date when change of circumstances is to take effect), after paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(dd)a person referred to in paragraph 8 of Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations either—
(i)ceases to be a prisoner, or
(ii)becomes a prisoner”.