Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20086
1
The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20087 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
2
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
a
in the definition of “main phase employment and support allowance” after “Act” insert “or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group”; and
b
after the definition of “member of Her Majesty’s forces” insert—
“member of the work-related activity group” means a person who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under Part 5 of these Regulations other than by virtue of regulation 30 of these Regulations;
3
In regulation 7(1B) (circumstances where the condition that the assessment phase has ended before entitlement to the support component arises does not apply)—
a
in sub-paragraph (a)(i) after “2(2) and 4(4) of the Act” insert “or the claimant was a member of the work-related activity group”; and
b
in sub-paragraph (d)(i) after “2(2) or 4(4) of the Act” insert “or the claimant was a member of the work-related activity group”.
4
In column (1) of paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 (amounts)—
a
in sub-paragraph (1)(a) after “2(2) or 4(4) of the Act” insert “or who is a member of the work-related activity group”;
b
in sub-paragraph (2)(a) after “4(4) of the Act” insert “or who is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act”; and
c
in sub-paragraph (3)(c), (f) and (g) after “4(4) of the Act” insert “or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act”.