PART 3AMENDMENTS TO SECONDARY LEGISLATION
Amendment of the Social Security (Habitual Residence Amendment) RegulationsI117
In regulation 6 of the Social Security (Habitual Residence Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200484 (transitional arrangements and savings)—
a
after paragraph (1)(c) add—
ca
to whom sub-paragraph (c) applied, claims an employment and support allowance and it is subsequently determined that he is entitled to that benefit, and this entitlement is linked to a previous period of entitlement by virtue of regulation 145(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (linking rules);
b
in paragraph (2)—
i
after sub-paragraph (c) omit “and”, and
ii
after sub-paragraph (d) add—
; and
e
regulation 70(2) to (4) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (special cases: supplemental – persons from abroad) does not apply.
c
for paragraph (4) substitute—
4
In this regulation—
a
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200885; and
b
“specified benefit” means income support, housing benefit, jobseeker’s allowance, state pension credit and employment and support allowance.