1.—(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In the heading to regulation 1 (citation and commencement) for “and commencement”, substitute “, commencement and application”.
(3) For the regulation numbered “1”, substitute “1(1)”.
(4) After paragraph (1) as substituted, insert—
“(2) In so far as these Regulations apply to—
(a)an employment and support allowance, they apply to that allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3 and Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 that remove references to an income-related allowance;
(b)a jobseeker’s allowance, they apply to that allowance under the Jobseekers Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 that remove references to an income-based allowance.
(3) These Regulations do not apply to universal credit (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012) or personal independence payment (within the meaning of Part 4 of that Act).”.
(5) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “jobseeker’s allowance”.