Amendments to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013E+W+S
3.—(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013 M1 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1) in the appropriate place insert—
““member of the work-related activity group” means a claimant who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under either—
(a)Part 5 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 other than by virtue of regulation 30 of those Regulations; or
(b)Part 4 of these Regulations other than by virtue of regulation 26;”.
(3) In regulation 7 (circumstances where the condition that the assessment phase has ended before entitlement to the support component or the work-related activity component arises does not apply)—
(a)in the heading, omit “or the work-related activity component”;
(b)in paragraph (1), omit “and (3)(a)”;
(c)in paragraphs (3)(a)(i) and (d)(i)—
(i)omit “or (3)”;
(ii)after “of the Act” insert “ or they were a member of the work-related activity group ”.
(4) In regulation 62 (prescribed amounts)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(a) and (b), omit “or (3)”;
(b)for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) Subject to regulation 63 the amount of the support component is £36.20.”.
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 2013/379; relevant amending instruments are S.I.2015/30 and SI 2015/457.