1. These Regulations may be cited as the Employment and Support Allowance (Work-related Activity) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 12 July 2011.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;
“action plan” means an action plan in accordance with regulation 5;
“carer’s allowance”, “child”, “lone parent”, “medical treatment” and “working day” have the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations;
“the Department”, for the purposes of Part 2 and 3, includes the Department for Employment and Learning;
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(1);
“member of the support group” has the meaning given by section 24(4) of the Act; and
“work-related activity” has the meaning given by section 13(7) of the Act.
(2) For the purpose of these Regulations where a written notice is given by sending it by post it is taken to have been received on the second working day after posting.