The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

Commencement of entitlement to income support

6.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), in a case where income support is payable in arrears entitlement shall commence on the date of claim.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), in a case where, under paragraph 2, income support is payable in advance entitlement shall commence on the date of claim if that day is a day for payment of income support as determined under paragraph 3 but otherwise on the first such day after the date of claim.

(3) If on the date for commencement of entitlement to income support determined under sub-paragraph (1) or, as the case may be, sub-paragraph (2) all the conditions for such entitlement are not satisfied entitlement shall commence on the first later date when those conditions are satisfied.

(4) Where the time for claiming is extended under regulation 19 the claim shall be treated as made on the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is, by reason of the operation of that regulation, timeously made.

(5) If a claim is made by a claimant within 3 days of the date on which he became resident at a hostel as defined in regulation 20(2) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(1) of a type mentioned in head (b)(iii) of that definition (hostel managed by voluntary body to provide care, support or supervision for rehabilitation or resettlement of persons within the community) then, except to the extent that it relates to amounts other than the charges for accommodation in the hostel, it shall be treated as having been made on the day he became so resident.

(6) Where, in consequence of a further claim for income support such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph 4(7) of Schedule 3 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, a claimant is treated as occupying a dwelling as his home for a period before moving in, that further claim shall be treated as having been made on the date from which he is treated as so occupying the dwelling or the date of the claim made before he moved in to the dwelling and referred to in that sub-paragraph, whichever is the later.

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S.I. 1987/1967.