SCHEDULE 3Applicable amounts
F1PART 5The F6component
Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 5 heading substituted (3.4.2017) by The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/204), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 6(7)(a)(i) (with Sch. 2 paras. 1-7)
F421
1
Subject to paragraph 22, the claimant is entitled toF7the component in paragraph 24 if—
a
the claimant or the claimant’s partner has made a claim for employment and support allowance;
b
F8the Secretary of State has determined that the claimant or the claimant’s partner has or is treated as having limited capability for work-related activity; and
c
one of the following applies—
i
the assessment phase as defined in section 24(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (interpretation) has ended;
ii
iii
the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) apply.
2
The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c)(iii) are—
a
neither the claimant nor the claimant’s partner is entitled to an employment and support allowance;
b
either is or both are entitled to be credited with earnings equal to the lower earnings limit then in force under regulation 8B(2)(a)(iv) of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 (credits for incapacity for work or limited capability for work); and
c
paragraph (1)(c)(i) or (ii) would have applied to the claimant or the claimant’s partner (or both) had they been entitled to an employment and support allowance.
F221A
Subject to paragraph 22, the claimant is entitled to one, but not both, of the components in paragraphs 23 or 24 if the claimant or the claimant’s partner is entitled to a converted employment and support allowanceF3, or would be entitled but for the application of section 1A of the Welfare Reform Act (duration of contributory allowance).
22
1
The claimant has no entitlement under paragraph F10... 24 if the claimant is entitled to the disability premium under paragraphs 12 and 13.
2
Where the claimant and the claimant’s partner each satisfies paragraph F11... 24, the component to be included in the claimant’s applicable amount is that which relates to the claimant.
The work-related activity componentF1223
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The support component24
The claimant is entitled to the support component if the Secretary of State has decided that the claimant or the claimant’s partner has, or is to be treated as having, limited capability for work-related activity.
Sch. 3 Pts. 5, 6 added (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1082), regs. 1, 23(d)