Section 5: Commencement and duration of allowances

5. Commencement and duration of allowances (1) Subject to this Act, an allowance shall begin to accrue, where the claim is made— (a) within 6 months following the month of entitlement, as from the month of entitlement; or (b) after the expiry of 6 months following the month of entitlement, as from the sixth month preceding the month in which the claim is made, and shall continue to accrue until the end of the month in which the conditions specified in section 4 are no longer satisfied. (2) In this section, “month of entitlement” means the month during which the conditions in section 4 became satisfied in relation to a claimant or, if they had become so satisfied more than once, the month during which they last became satisfied. (3) Notwithstanding this section, claims for allowances may be made and disposed of before the month in which the conditions specified in section 4 are satisfied, but no allowances shall be paid before those conditions have become satisfied. 6. —