The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Loss of Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

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6.—(1) Welfare supplementary payment must be paid at intervals of four weeks (or as soon as is reasonably practicable after that) in arrears.

(2) The period during which welfare supplementary payment is payable commences on the day following the day on which the person's entitlement to disability living allowance terminates in accordance with regulation 17(1) of the Transitional Provisions Regulations.

(3) The period during which welfare supplementary payment is payable ends—

(a)after the first payment following the date on which the decision notice of the appeal tribunal is received by the Department; or

(b)[F1on 31st March 2025],

whichever is first to occur.

(4) Where a person is granted leave to make an appeal from a decision of the appeal tribunal to refuse personal independence payment to the Commissioner, the period during which further welfare supplementary payment is payable is set out in paragraphs (5) and (6).

(5) The period during which further welfare supplementary payment is payable commences on the day following the day that leave to appeal to the Commissioner is granted.

(6) The period during which further welfare supplementary payment is payable ends—

(a)after the first payment following the date on which the decision of the Commissioner is received by the Department; or

(b)[F2on 31st March 2025],

whichever is first to occur.

[F3(7) The provisions of this regulation have effect subject to regulation 6A.]

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