(1) Except as provided for in subsection (2), receipt of a continued payment by a person shall be a disqualification for the receipt by that person of working family payment.
(2) Where a person is in receipt of or entitled to a continued payment and would but for subsection (1) be qualified for the receipt of working family payment, the person may be paid the working family payment for any period during which the rate of supplement payable would be greater than the rate of continued payment and the Minister may reduce any such supplement which is or may become payable to that person by the amount of the continued payment which shall be treated as having been paid on account of the working family payment.