2.—(1) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
“the amending provisions” means the provisions referred to in article 4(1)(a) to (c) of the No. 9 Order (day appointed for the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker's allowance) M1;
“employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 M2;
“First-tier Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998 M3;
“gateway conditions” means the conditions specified in Schedule 5 to the No. 9 Order M4;
“jobseeker's allowance” means a jobseeker's allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 M5;
“the No. 9 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013 M6;
“No. 8 relevant districts” means the postcode districts and part-districts specified in Part 1 of the Schedule;
“No. 9 relevant districts” means the postcode districts and part-districts specified in Part 2 of the Schedule;
“No. 10 relevant districts” means the postcode districts and part-districts specified in Part 3 of the Schedule;
“No. 11 relevant districts” means the postcode districts and part-districts specified in Part 4 of the Schedule;
“No. 12 relevant districts” means the postcode districts and part-districts specified in Part 5 of the Schedule;
“No. 13 relevant districts” means the postcode districts and part-districts specified in Part 6 of the Schedule;
“Upper Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998.
(2) For the purposes of this Order, the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 M7 apply for the purpose of deciding—
(a)whether a claim for universal credit is made; and
(b)the date on which such a claim is made.
Marginal Citations
M1Article 4 was substituted by S.I. 2014/1452 (C. 56).
M4Schedule 5 was inserted by S.I. 2014/1452 (C. 56).
M6S.I. 2013/983 (C. 41).