Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 794
Social Security
The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008
Made
25th March 2008
Laid before Parliament
27th March 2008
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1)(a) and (c), (4)(a) and (c), 3(1)(c), (2)(b) and (d) and (3) F1, 4(2)(a), (3), (6)(a) and (c), 5(2) and (3), 8(1) to (3), (4)(a) and (b), (5) and (6), 9(1) to (3) and (4)(a) and (b), 11(1), (2)(a) to (g), (3) to (5), (6)(a) and (7)(c), 12(1), (2)(a) to (h), (3) to (7), 14(1) and (2)(a) and (b), 16(2)(a) and (4), 17, 18(1), (2) and (4), 20(2) to (7), 22 F2, 23(1) and (3), 24(1) F3, (2)(b) and (3), 25(1) to (5) and 26(2) of, and paragraphs 1(4), 3(2), 4(1)(a) and (c), (3) and (4) and 6(1)(b), (2) to (5) F4, (7) and (8) of Schedule 1 to, and paragraphs 1 to 7, 8(1), 9, 10, 12 and 14 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2007 F5, section 5(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 F6 and section 21(1)(a) of the Social Security Act 1998 F7 makes the following Regulations, which are made by virtue of, or consequential on, the provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 and which are made before the end of a period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions:
Textual Amendments
F1Section 3(3) is cited for the power to prescribe a payment under paragraph (b) of the definition of “pension payment”.
F2Section 22 is cited insofar as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 3, 6, 7, 8(1), 9 and 10 of Schedule 2.
F3Section 24(1) is cited for the definition of “employment” and “employed”, “period of limited capability for work”, “prescribed”, “regulations” and “week”.
F4Paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 1 is cited for the definition of “couple”, “education” and “remunerative work”.