Transitional provision: conversion of incapacity benefits
9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where the amending provisions come into force under article 4(1) in relation to the case of a claim referred to in article 4(2)(a) to (d) [F1or (g)] and any award made in respect of the claim, or the case of an award referred to in article 4(2)(e) or (f)(1), the 2010 Transitional Regulations are to apply in relation to that case as if the modifications set out in Schedule 4 were made.
(2) Where article 6(2) applies in relation to a new style ESA award (such that the award continues as an old style ESA award), the 2010 Transitional Regulations are to apply in relation to the award, in its continuation as an old style ESA award, as if those modifications had not been made.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 9(1) 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, 10
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Arts. 9-22 applied (with application in accordance with art. 4(2) of the amending S.I.) by 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 (S.I. 2013/1511), art. 5
C2Arts. 9-22 applied (with application in accordance with art. 4(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 13 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2657), art. 6
C3Arts. 9-22 applied (with application in accordance with art. 4(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2846), art. 5
C4Arts. 9-22 applied (with application in accordance with art. 4(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/209), art. 5
C5Arts. 9-22 applied (with application in accordance with art. 4(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1583), art. 5
C6Arts. 9-22 applied (1.9.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2321), art. 5
C7Arts. 9-22 applied (21.11.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 20 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3094), art. 5
C8Arts. 9-22 applied (28.1.2015 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 21 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/33), art. 5
C9Arts. 9-22 applied (with application in accordance with art. 4(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 22 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/101), art. 5
C10Arts. 9-22 applied (10.3.2015) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/634), art. 6
C11Arts. 9-22 applied (20.7.2015) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1537), art. 6
C12Arts. 9-22 applied (23.11.2015) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 25 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1930), art. 5
See article 4(4); the reference in article 4(1) to an award of universal credit includes a reference to a claim or notice referred to in article 4(4) and any award made in respect of the claim or in respect of the award of incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance to which the notice relates.