The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Claimants where they have been entitled to maternity allowance

7.  The sixth circumstance is where—

(a) a claimant was entitled to a maternity allowance under section 35 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and the end of that award is within 12 weeks beginning with the date that a claim for an employment and support allowance is made; and

(b) immediately prior to their entitlement to a maternity allowance beginning the claimant was previously entitled to an employment and support allowance before 3rd April 2017.

(1)

1992 (c. 7); section 35 was amended by Article 4(a) of the Still-Birth (Definition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/1310 (N.I. 10)), regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1994 No. 176, Article 50(1) and (2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 10) and Article 6(1) to (3) of the Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1)