Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations3

In regulation 45 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20165 (claimant commitment - exceptions)—

a

the existing text of regulation 45 stands as paragraph (1); and

b

after paragraph (1) insert—

2

A claimant may be entitled to an employment and support allowance without having accepted a claimant commitment if the claimant is terminally ill.