PART 1Employment and Support Allowance: work-related activity component

Amendments to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 20082

1

The Employment and Support Regulations 20085 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 7 (circumstances where the condition that the assessment phase has ended before entitlement to the support component or the work-related activity component arises does not apply)—

a

in the heading, omit “or the work-related activity component”;

b

in paragraph (1), for “sections 2(2)(a), 2(3)(a), 4(4)(a) and 4(5)(a)” substitute “sections 2(2)(a) and 4(4)(a)”;

c

in paragraph (1B)—

i

in sub-paragraph (a)(i) for “2(2), 2(3), 4(4) or 4(5)” substitute “2(2) or 4(4)”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (d)(i) for “2(2), 2(3), 4(4) or 4(5)” substitute “2(2) or 4(4)”.

3

In regulation 67 (prescribed amounts), in paragraph (3)—

a

omit “work-related activity component and the”;

b

for “are” substitute “is”.

4

In Schedule 4 (amounts)—

a

in Part 1 (prescribed amounts), in paragraph 1, in column (1)—

i

in sub-paragraph (1)(a) omit “or (3)” and “or (5)”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (2)(a) omit “or (5)”;

iii

in sub-paragraph (3)(c), (f) and (g) omit “or (5)”;

b

in Part 3 (weekly amount of premiums specified in part 2), in paragraph 11(1)—

i

in paragraph (a)—

aa

in columns “Premium” and “Amount” omit sub-paragraph (i);

bb

in column “Premium” for sub-paragraph (iii) substitute—

iii

is not entitled to the support component;

ii

in paragraph (b)—

aa

in columns “Premium” and “Amount” omit sub-paragraph (i);

bb

in column “Premium” for sub-paragraph (iii) substitute—

iii

is not entitled to the support component;

c

in Part 4 (the components)—

i

in the heading, for “(the components)” substitute “(the component)”;

ii

omit paragraph 12.

5

In Schedule 6 (housing costs)—

a

in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (3)(a)(ii) omit “including a work-related activity component under section 2(3) of the Act (amount of contributory allowance: work-related activity component)”;

b

in paragraph 19, in sub-paragraph (7)(d) for “which does not include an amount under section 4(2)(b) of the Act” substitute “and they are still in the assessment phase in accordance with regulation 4”.