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[F12A.—(1) For the purposes of this paragraph–
(a)“public holiday” means, as the case may be, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 or in Scotland local holidays, and
(b)“office closure” means a period during which an office of the Department of Social Security or associated office [F2or any office to which a claim may be made in accordance with regulation 4A(1)] is closed in connection with a public holiday.
(2) Where income support is normally paid in arrears and the day on which the benefit is payable by reason of paragraph 3 is affected by office closure it may for that benefit week be paid wholly in advance or partly in advance and partly in arrears and on such a day as the Secretary of State may direct.
(3) Where under this paragraph income support is paid either in advance or partly in advance and partly in arrears it shall for any other purposes be treated as if it was paid in arrears.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 7 para. 2A inserted (27.2.1989) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments and Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Amendment Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/136), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(a)
F2Words in Sch. 7 para. 2A(1)(b) inserted (29.11.1999) by The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3108), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 2(7)
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