Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008

7.—(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 9, for paragraph (a) substitute the following—

“(a) paid in order to rectify, or to compensate for—

(i) an official error as defined in regulation 1(3) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999, or

(ii) an error on a point of law; and”.

(1)

S.I. 2008/794; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/388, 2013/630 and 2017/422.