The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013

Amendment of the Fines Collection (Disclosure of Information) (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations 2008

66.—(1) The Fines Collection (Disclosure of Information) (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations 2008(1) are amended as follows.

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

(a) before the definition of “contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance” insert—

““contributory employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 that remove references to an income-related allowance, and a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as that Part has effect apart from those provisions”;

(b) for the definition of “contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance” substitute—

““contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance”, except in a case to which paragraph (b) of the definition of income-based jobseeker’s allowance applies, means an allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”) as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 that remove references to an income-based allowance, and a contribution-based allowance under the 1995 Act as that Act has effect apart from those provisions;”; and

(c) omit “and” after the definition of “income support” and after the definition of “state pension credit” insert—

“; and “universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012”.

(3) In regulation 2 (prescribed benefits), after paragraph (d) omit “and”, and after paragraph (e) insert—

“; and

(f) universal credit”.

(1)

S.I. 2008/3242.