The Employment and Support Allowance (Repeat Assessments and Pending Appeal Awards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Application

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

2.—(1) These Regulations apply to a person who falls within paragraph (2).

(2) A person falls within this paragraph where that person—

(a)makes or is treated as making a claim for an employment and support allowance on or after 30 March 2015; or

(b)makes and is pursuing an appeal against a decision of the Department that embodies a determination that the person does not have limited capability for work, and that decision was made in respect of a claim made, or treated as made, on or after 30 March 2015.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) “employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.