2.—(1) The Employment and Support Regulations 2008(1) 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”.