The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2017 No. 204

PART 1 Employment and Support Allowance: work-related activity component

Amendments to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013

3.—(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013(1) 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.”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/379; relevant amending instruments are S.I.2015/30 and SI 2015/457.