Welfare Reform Act 2007

Interpretation

11 In this Schedule—

• “appointed day” means the day appointed for the coming into force of section 1;

• “existing award” means—

  (a)

  an award of incapacity benefit,

  (b)

  an award of severe disablement allowance, and

  (c)

  an award of income support made to a person to whom regulation 6(4)(a) or 13(2)(b) or (bb) of, or paragraph 7(a) or (b), 10, 12 or 13 of Schedule 1B to, the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) (persons incapable of work or disabled) applies;

• “incapacity benefit” (except in paragraph 10(a)) means—

  (a)

  incapacity benefit under section 30A, 40 or 41 of the Contributions and Benefits Act,

  (b)

  long-term incapacity benefit under regulation 11(4) of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) (Transitional) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/310) (former sickness benefit), and

  (c)

  invalidity benefit which has effect by virtue of regulation 17(1) of those regulations as if it were long-term incapacity benefit;

• “severe disablement allowance” means severe disablement allowance under section 68 of that Act (as it has effect by virtue of article 4 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 9, and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2958) (C. 89));

• “transitional allowance” has the meaning given by paragraph 8(1)(a).