Notice Type
Departmental
Abolition of Transitional Training Support Allowance Welfare Programme for New Entrants I, Roger Morrison Sowry, Minister of Social Welfare, approve the following amendments (which have the effect of abolishing the programme for new entrants) to the Transitional Training Support Allowance Programme for special assistance (as originally approved under section 124 (1) (d) of the Social Security Act 1964 on 9 March 1995 and as amended on 27 March 1996, and as approved by me on 23 December 1996, and as amended on 31 March 1997). These amendments take effect on and from the date of this approval. Amendments 1. Title and commencement 1.1 Clause 1.2 of the programme is amended by adding the words ``and ends when the last allowance payable under it ceases to be payable under clause 3.1b''. 2. Eligibility 2.1 The programme is amended by inserting, after clause 3.1, the following clauses: ``3.1a No new allowance may be granted under this programme on an application made on or after the day this clause comes into effect. ``3.1b Every person receiving an allowance pursuant to a grant made on an application made before this clause comes into effect may, while eligible for it, continue to receive an allowance until the earlier of the following dates: ``(a) The date the child in respect of whom the allowance was granted turns 18: ``(b) The date that child ceases to receive a training benefit or a basic grant under the Student Allowances Regulations 1991: ``(c) The date the applicant ceases to be in receipt of the sole parent benefit that qualified the applicant for the allowance.'' Dated this 19th day of January 1998. R. M. SOWRY, Minister of Social Welfare.
Publication Date
29 Jan 1998

Notice Number

1998-go686

Page Number

351