Section 126 — Social Security Act 1991: Application and transitional provisions relating to fares allowance

(1) Part 2.26 applies only in respect of claims for fares allowance made after the commencement of that Part for journeys made after that commencement. (2) The Social Security (Fares Allowance) Rules 1998 made under section 1061ZAAA as in force immediately before the commencement of Part 2.26 continue in force as if that section were still in force but apply only in respect of claims made, whether before or after that commencement, for journeys made before that commencement. (3) If: (a) a person has, before the commencement of Part 2.26, made a journey in a study year; and (b) the person is eligible, under the Rules referred to in subclause (2), as they continue in force under that subclause (the continuing Rules) for fares allowance in respect of the journey; and (c) the person makes a claim under Part 2.26 for fares allowance in respect of a journey made, or to be made, after the commencement of that Part in the same study year; the claim is not to be determined until the person has made a claim under the continuing Rules in respect of the journey referred to in paragraph (a) and the claim has been finally dealt with in accordance with those Rules.