The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2017

Amendments to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

3.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (interpretation), in paragraph (3) in the appropriate place insert—

““member of the work-related activity group” means a claimant who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under either—

(a)

Part 5 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 other than by virtue of regulation 30 of those Regulations; or

(b)

Part 4 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013 other than by virtue of regulation 26 of those Regulations;”.

(3) In Schedule 2 (housing costs)—

(a) in paragraph 1 (housing costs), in sub-paragraph (3)(e) —

(i) in sub-paragraph (i)—

(aa) omit “or (3)” and “or (5)”;

(bb) for “(components)” substitute “(component)”;

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

(b) in paragraph 17 (non-dependant deductions), in sub-paragraph (7)(i)—

(i) omit “or (5)” and “(components)”;

(ii) after “Welfare Reform Act” insert “(component) and is not a member of the work-related activity group”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/1554, 2008/2428, 2012/913 and 2013/443.