The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013

2.—(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a)insert at the appropriate places in the alphabetical order of the definitions—

“the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013(1);;

“the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013(2);;

“the ESA Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013(3);;

(b)omit—

(i)the definition of “income-related allowance”;

(ii)paragraphs (a) to (d) of the definition of “relevant deduction”(4);

(c)in the definition of “benefit week”, for “the 2008 Regulations” substitute “the ESA Regulations”.

(3) In paragraph (3), omit “or awards”.

(4)

The definition of “relevant deduction” was amended by S.I. 1988/522, 1992/1026, 2001/18, 2002/2441, 2002/3019 and 2002/3197.