Amendment of the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations29.

(1)

The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002221 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 2222 (disqualification period)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a)(iii) after “state pension credit” insert “, employment and support allowance”, and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b)(iii) for “or state pension credit” substitute “, state pension credit or employment and support allowance”; and

(b)

in paragraph (3)(c) after “state pension credit” insert “, employment and support allowance”.

(3)

In regulation 3 (reduction of income support)—

(a)

in the heading after “income support” add “and income-related employment and support allowance”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) after “income support”, in the first place where it occurs, insert “or income-related employment and support allowance”;

(c)

in paragraph (4) after “income support”, in both places where it occurs, insert “or income-related employment and support allowance”;

(d)

in paragraph (5) after “income support” insert “or income-related employment and support allowance”; and

(e)

in paragraph (6) after “Income Support Regulations” add “or, as the case may be, regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008”.