SCHEDULE 1Consequential amendments to secondary legislation

PART 1Employment and Support Allowance: amendments to secondary legislation consequential on removal of work-related activity component

Amendments to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

3.

(1)

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 199611 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”.