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”.