The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Amendment of regulation 1(2)

3.  In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—

(a) before the definition of “the Act” insert—

““the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;”(1);

(b) after the definition of “the Benefits Act” insert—

““the Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;”;

(c) after the definition of “armed forces independence payment”(2) insert—

““assessment period” has the same meaning as in the UC Regulations;”;

(d) after the definition of “the determination day”(3) insert—

““the ESA Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008;”(4);

(e) after the definition of “the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”(5) insert—

““income-based jobseeker’s allowance” means an income-based allowance under the Jobseekers Order as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Order (to remove references to an income-based allowance);”;

““income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3 and Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Order (to remove references to an income-related allowance);”;

(f) after the definition of “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” insert—

““joint claimant” means each of the “joint claimants” in that definition in Article 46 of the Order;”;

(g) after the definition of “pay day”(6) insert—

““personal independence payment” means the allowance payable in accordance with Part 5 of the Order;”;

(h) after the definition of “relevant authority”(7) insert—

““the UC Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016;”(8);

““universal credit” means the benefit payable in accordance with Part 2 of the Order.”.

(1)

2007 c. 2 (N.I.).

(2)

Definition inserted by Article 22(2) of S.I. 2013/3021.

(3)

Definition inserted by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2011 No. 291.

(4)

S.R. 2008 No. 280.

(5)

Definition substituted by paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2006 No. 407.

(6)

Definition inserted by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2011 No. 291.

(7)

Definition inserted by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2011 No. 291.

(8)

S.R. 2016 No. 216.