The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Amendment of the Social Security (Benefit) (Married Women and Widows Special Provisions) Regulations

17.—(1) The Social Security (Benefit) (Married Women and Widows Special Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

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

(a) omit the definition of “contributory employment and support allowance”; and

(b) after the definition of “the determining authority” insert—

““employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 12, to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 that remove references to an income-related allowance, and a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act as that Part has effect apart from those provisions;”.

(3) In the title of regulation 3 (modifications, in relation to widows, of provisions with respect to unemployment and short-term incapacity benefit, contributory employment and support allowance, maternity allowance and Category A retirement pension) and in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) and (5)(a) and (b) of that regulation omit “contributory” in each place it occurs.

(1)

S.R. 1975 No. 19

(2)

Regulation 1(2) was amended by regulation 2 of S.R. 1984 No. 174 and regulation 4 of S.R. 2008 No. 286