The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014

Amendment of article 13 of the No. 9 Order: transition from new style JSA

12.—(1) This article applies where the circumstances referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of article 13 of the No. 9 Order (transition from new style JSA)(1) apply and where—

(a) the claim for a jobseeker’s allowance referred to in paragraph (1)(a) of that article is made; or

(b) the new style JSA award referred to in paragraph (1)(b) of that article becomes an old style JSA award,

on or after 16th June 2014.

(2) Where this article applies, article 13(3) of the No. 9 Order is amended as follows—

(a) before sub-paragraph (a), insert—

“(za) in regulation 11, the references in paragraph (2)(a) and (b) to a jobseeker’s allowance included a reference to new style JSA;”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa) in regulation 17A(7)(2), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “benefit”, the reference to a jobseeker’s allowance included a reference to new style JSA;

(ab) in regulation 19(1)(r)(3), the reference to a jobseeker’s allowance included a reference to new style JSA;”; and

(c) omit “and” after sub-paragraph (d) and, after sub-paragraph (e), insert—

“(f) in paragraphs 6(1) and 7(1) of Schedule 2 (housing costs), each reference to a jobseeker’s allowance included a reference to new style JSA; and

(g) in paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 (housing costs)(4)—

(i) in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) (apart from sub-paragraph (ii)(bb) of that paragraph), each of the references to a jobseeker’s allowance included a reference to new style JSA;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), the reference to a jobseeker’s allowance included a reference to new style JSA; and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (1)(c)(iv) and (f)(iii), the reference to the making of a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance included a reference to the making of a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance where the 1995 Act, as it has effect as amended by the amending provisions, applied to the claim and the new style JSA award that resulted from the claim continued as an old style JSA award by virtue of article 6 of this Order.”.

(1)

Article 13 was substituted by S.I. 2013/1511 (C. 60).

(2)

Regulation 17A was inserted by S.I. 1998/1274; the definition of “benefit” was substituted by S.I. 1999/3083.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (r) was substituted by S.I. 1998/1274 and amended by S.I. 2008/2831 and 2009/583.

(4)

Relevant amendments of sub-paragraph (1) were made by S.I. 1996/1516 and 1517, 1999/2860, 2001/488 and 2011/674.