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The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2017

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Amendments to the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002

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5.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (interpretation), in paragraph (2) in the appropriate place insert—

“member of the work-related activity group” means a claimant who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under either—

(a)

Part 5 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 other than by virtue of regulation 30 of those Regulations; or

(b)

Part 4 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013 other than by virtue of regulation 26 of those Regulations;.

(3) In Schedule 2 (housing costs)—

(a)in paragraph 1 (housing costs), in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii)(dd) for “or (3) or 4(4) or (5) of the Welfare Reform Act (components) [or would be entitled to an employment and support allowance including an amount of a work-related activity component under section 2(3) of that Act (amount of contributory allowance: work-related activity component)” substitute “or 4(4) of the Welfare Reform Act “(component) or is a member of the work-related activity group or they would have been a member of the work-related activity group”;

(b)in paragraph 14 (persons residing with the claimant), in sub-paragraph (7)(g)—

(i)omit “or (5)”;

(ii)for “(components)” substitute “(component) or is not a member of the work-related activity group”.

(1)

S.I. 2002/1792; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/1554, 2008/2428, 2012/913 and 2013/443.

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