The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013

Amendment of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979

25.  In regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 (interpretation)(1)—

(a) after the definition of “child benefit” insert—

““contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance” means an allowance under the Jobseekers Act as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the 2012 Act that remove references to an income-based allowance, and a contribution-based allowance under the Jobseekers Act as that Act has effect apart from those provisions;”;

(b) after the definition of “contributory benefit” insert—

““contributory employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 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, and a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act as that Part has effect apart from those provisions;”;

(c) after the definition of “disablement pension” insert—

““income-based jobseeker’s allowance” means an income-based allowance under the Jobseekers Act;

“income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act;”; and

(d) in the definition of “personal benefit”, after the words “dependency benefit” insert “ or universal credit under Part 1 of the 2012 Act”.

(1)

S.I. 1979/597. Regulation 2(1) has been amended by S.I 2013/388; there are other amendments that are not relevant to these Regulations.