The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 11 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013

Interpretation U.K.

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

“the 1995 Act” means the Jobseekers Act 1995 M1 ;

“the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007 M2 ;

“the amending provisions” means the provisions referred to in article 4(1)(a) to (c) of the No. 9 Order (day appointed for the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker's allowance);

“appointed day” means the day appointed for the coming into force of the amending provisions in accordance with article 4(3) of the No. 9 Order;

[F1 “claimant”, in relation to an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the 2007 Act and the 1995 Act (as it applies apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance) respectively and, in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;]

“contribution-based jobseeker's allowance” means a contribution-based allowance under the 1995 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based allowance;

“contributory employment and support allowance” means a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;

“employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act;

[F2 “First-tier Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998;]

[F2 “gateway conditions” means the conditions [F3 specified] in Schedule 5 to the No. 9 Order;]

“jobseeker's allowance” means an allowance under the 1995 Act;

“joint-claim couple” has the meaning given in section 1(4) of the 1995 Act M3 ;

“new style ESA award” means an award of an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;

“new style JSA award” means an award of a jobseeker's allowance under the 1995 Act as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker's allowance;

“No. 2 relevant districts” means the postcode districts and part-districts specified in Part 1 of the Schedule;

“No. 3 relevant districts” means the postcode districts and part-districts specified in Part 2 of the Schedule;

“the No. 9 Order” means 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 M4 ;

“old style ESA award” means an award of an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;

“old style JSA award” means an award of a jobseeker's allowance under the 1995 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker's allowance;

F4 ...

[F5 “Upper Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998.]

[F6 (2) For the purposes of this Order, the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 apply for the purpose of deciding—

(a) whether a claim for universal credit is made; and

(b) the date on which such a claim is made.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 2 inserted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 18(1)(2)(a)(i)

F2 Words in art. 2 inserted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 18(1)(2)(a)(ii)

F3 Words in art. 2(1) substituted (30.6.2014) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), art. 5, (a)

F4 Words in art. 2 omitted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 18(1)(2)(a)(iii)

F5 Words in art. 2 inserted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 18(1)(2)(a)(iv)

F6 Art. 2(2) substituted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 18(1)(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1995 c.18.

M2 2007 c.5.

M3 The definition was inserted by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedule 7, paragraphs 1, 2(1) and 4(b). Section 1(4) is repealed by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act and the repeal (which forms part of the “amending provisions”) is commenced for certain cases by article 4 of the No. 9 Order and article 4 of this Order.

M4 S.I. 2013/983 (C. 41).