The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008

Amendment of the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

56.—(1) The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001 M1 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (disqualification period)—

(a)in paragraph (1) M2

(i)in sub-paragraph (a)(iii) after “state pension credit” insert “ , employment and support allowance ”; and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (b)(iii) for “or state pension credit” substitute “ , state pension credit or employment and support allowance ”; and

(b)in paragraph (3)(c) M3 after “state pension credit” insert “ , employment and support allowance ”.

(3) In regulation 3 (reduction of income support)—

(a)in the heading after “income support” add “ and income-related employment and support allowance ”;

(b)in paragraph (1) after “income support” the first time it occurs insert “ or an income-related employment and support allowance ”;

(c)in paragraph (4) after “income support” each time it occurs insert “ or an income-related employment and support allowance ”;

(d)in paragraph (5) after “income support” insert “ or an income-related employment and support allowance ”; and

(e)in paragraph (6) after “Regulations” add “ or, as the case may be, regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 ”.

Marginal Citations

M2Paragraph (1) was amended by S.I. 2002/486 and 1792.

M3Paragraph (3) was amended by S.I. 2002/1792.