When evidence is modified as part of a succession and subsequently activated, re-attribution of the evidence records in the succession set occurs. A basic example of how this works is shown below:
Business Start Date: 3rd May 2006 (=attribution from date)
Business End Date: 30th July 2006 (=attribution to date)
A succession record is created effective from 5th June 2006. On activation of this record, the evidence is re-attributed and the following attribution records created:
3rd May 2006 to 4th June 2006
5th June 2006 to 30th July 2006
Re-attribution also occurs if evidence in a succession set is removed. For example, if the following three attribution records exist for records in the same succession set
3rd May 2006 to 4th June 2006
5th June 2006 to 30th July 2006
31st July 2006 to 29th Sept 2006
and the evidence record associated with the middle one is removed, applying changes will cause the following re-attribution
3rd May 2006 to 30th July 2006
31st July 2006 to 29th Sept 2006
The attribution record from 5th June 2006 to 30th July 2006 remains on the database but won't be picked up by eligibility processing as the associated evidence is removed, i.e. has a status of 'Canceled'.