The Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Amendment of Schedule 3 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations N.I.

6.  In Schedule 3 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations M1 (assessment of whether a claimant has limited capability for work-related activity)—

(a) in Activity 1 for the wording in column 1 substitute—

“1. Mobilising unaided by another person with or without a walking stick, manual wheelchair or other aid if such aid is normally, or could reasonably be, worn or used.”;

(b) in Activity 6, for the wording in column 1 substitute—

“6. Making self understood through speaking, writing, typing, or other means which are normally, or could reasonably be, used, unaided by another person.”;

(c) in Activity 7, for the wording in column 1 substitute—

“7. Understanding communication by—

(a) verbal means (such as hearing or lip reading) alone, or

(b) non-verbal means (such as reading 16 point print or Braille) alone, or

(c) a combination of (a) and (b),

using any aid that is normally or could reasonably be used, unaided by another person.”; and

(d) in Activity 8, for the wording in column 1 substitute—

“8. Absence or loss of control whilst conscious leading to extensive evacuation of the bowel and/or voiding of the bladder, other than enuresis (bed-wetting), despite the wearing or use of any aids or adaptations which are normally, or could reasonably be, worn or used.”.

Marginal Citations

M1 Schedule 3 was substituted by regulation 3(6) of S.R. 2011 No. 76