Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20082

1

The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 M1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

2

In regulation 7 (circumstances where the condition that the assessment phase has ended before entitlement to the support component or the work-related activity component arises does not apply) M2—

a

in the heading omit “or the work-related activity component”;

b

in paragraph (1) for “sections 2(2)(a) and (3)(a) and 4(4)(a) and (5)(a)” substitute “ sections 2(2)(a) and 4(4)(a) ”; and

c

in paragraph (1B)—

i

in sub-paragraph (a)(i) for “sections 2(2), 2(3), 4(4) or 4(5)” substitute “ sections 2(2) and 4(4) ”; and

ii

in sub-paragraph (d)(i) for “sections 2(2), 2(3), 4(4) or 4(5)” substitute “ sections 2(2) or 4(4) ”.

3

In regulation 67(3) (prescribed amounts)—

a

omit “work-related activity component and the”; and

b

for “are” substitute “ is ”.

4

In Schedule 4 (amounts)—

a

in Part 1 (prescribed amounts), in paragraph 1, in column (1)—

i

in sub-paragraph 1(a) omit “or (3)” and “or (5)”;

ii

in sub-paragraph 2(a) omit “or (5)”;

iii

in sub-paragraph 3(c), (f) and (g) omit “or (5)”; and

b

in Part 3 (weekly amount of premiums specified in Part 2) in paragraph 11(1)—

i

in paragraph (a)—

aa

in columns “Premium” and “Amount” omit sub-paragraph (i);

bb

in column “Premium” for sub-paragraph (iii) substitute—

iii

is not entitled to the support component;

ii

in paragraph (b)—

aa

in columns “Premium” and “Amount” omit sub-paragraph (i);

bb

in column “Premium” for sub-paragraph (iii) substitute—

iii

is not entitled to the support component;

c

in Part 4 (the components)—

i

in the heading, for “(THE COMPONENTS)” substitute “ (THE COMPONENT) ”; and

ii

omit paragraph 12.

5

In Schedule 6 (housing costs) M3—

a

in paragraph 1(3)(a)(ii) omit “including a work-related activity component under section 2(3) of the Act (amount of contributory allowance: work-related activity component)”; and

b

in paragraph 19(7)(d) for “which does not include an amount under section 4(2)(b) of the Act” substitute “ and they are still in the assessment phase in accordance with regulation 4 ”.