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(1)Subject to such exceptions and conditions as may be prescribed, subsection (2) or (3) below shall have effect where—
(a)an award of an employment and support allowance is in force in favour of any person (“the recipient”), and
(b)an alteration—
(i)in any component of the allowance,
(ii)in the recipient's benefit income, or
(iii)in the recipient's war disablement or war widow's or widower's pension,
affects the computation of the amount of the employment and support allowance to which he is entitled.
(2)Where, as a result of the alteration, the amount of the employment and support allowance to which the recipient is entitled is increased or reduced, then, as from the commencing date, the amount of the employment and support allowance payable in the case of the recipient under the award shall be the increased or reduced amount, without any further decision of the Department; and the award shall have effect accordingly.
(3)Where, notwithstanding the alteration, the recipient continues on and after the commencing date to be entitled to the same amount by way of an employment and support allowance as before, the award shall continue in force accordingly.
(4)Subsection (5) below applies where a statement mentioned in section 159C(4) of the Great Britain Administration Act is made.
(5)If, in a case where this subsection applies, an award of an employment and support allowance is made in favour of a person before the proposed commencing date (within the meaning of section 159C(4) of the Great Britain Administration Act) and after the date on which the statement is made, the award—
(a)may provide for the employment and support allowance to be paid as from the proposed commencing date (within the meaning of that section) at a rate determined by reference to the amounts of the items referred to in subsection (1)(b)(i) to (iii) above which will be in force on that date, or
(b)may be expressed in terms of the amounts of those items in force at the date of the award.
(6)In this section—
“alteration” means—
in relation to any component of an employment and support allowance, its alteration by or under any enactment;
in relation to a person's benefit income, the alteration of any of the applicable sums by any enactment or an order under [F2section 132, 132A, 132B] or 133 above to the extent that any such alteration affects the amount of his benefit income;
in relation to a person's war disablement pension or war widow's or widower's pension, its alteration by or under any enactment;
“applicable sums” has the same meaning as in section 139 above;
“benefit income”, in relation to a person, means so much of his income as consists of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act [F3, state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015] [F4or personal independence payment] ;
“the commencing date”, in relation to an alteration, means the date on which the alteration comes into force in relation to the recipient;
“component”, in relation to an employment and support allowance, means any of the sums specified in regulations under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 which are relevant in calculating the amount payable by way of an employment and support allowance;
“war disablement pension” and “war widow's or widower's pension” have the same meaning as in section 139B above.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 139C inserted (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), s. 60(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(20); S.R. 2008/276, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. 2
F2Words in s. 139C(6) substituted (28.9.2016) by The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/353), arts. 1(a), 2(5)(a)
F3Words in s. 139C(6) inserted (28.9.2016) by The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/353), arts. 1(a), 2(5)(b)
F4Words in s. 139C(6) inserted (20.6.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 9 para. 18; S.R. 2016/215, art. 3(2)
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