Amendment of regulation 1(2)

19.—(1) Regulation 1(2)(interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) After the definition of “the 1998 Act” insert—

““the 2012 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;”.

(3) After the definition of “appropriate social security office” insert—

““assessment period” means the period prescribed by regulation 21 of the UC Regulations;”.

(4) At the end of the definition of “contributory employment and support allowance” add “as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the 2012 Act that remove references to an income-related allowance or under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act as it has effect apart from those amendments”.

(5) In the definition of “contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance”, after “1995” insert “as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the 2012 Act that remove references to an income-based allowance or under Part 1 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 as it has effect apart from those amendments”.

(6) At the end of the definition of “payments to third parties” add “or Schedule 6 to the UC etc. Claims and Payments Regulations,”;

(7) After the definition of “state pension credit” insert—

““the UC Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations 2013;

“the UC etc. Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013;

“universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the 2012 Act;”.