In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

• “the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998 M1;

• “the amending provisions” means the provisions referred to in article 4(1)(a) to (c) of the No. 9 Order (day appointed for the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker's allowance) M2;

• “claimant”—

  1. a

     in relation to an employment and support allowance, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 M3, save as mentioned in article 5(1A) of the No. 9 Order as applied by article 4(7) M4;

  2. b

     in relation to a jobseeker's allowance, has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995 M5 (as it applies apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker's allowance), save as mentioned in article 5(1A) of the No. 9 Order as applied by article 4(7);

  3. c

     in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act M6;

• “the Claims and Payments Regulations 2013” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 M7;

• “the Digital Service Regulations 2014” means the Universal Credit (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2014 M8;

• “employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;

• “First-tier Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the 1998 Act;

• “housing benefit” means housing benefit under section 130 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M9;

• “income support” means income support under section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

• “jobseeker's allowance” means a jobseeker's allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995;

• “joint claimants”, in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;

• “the No. 9 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013 M10;

• “the No. 28 relevant district” means the postcode part-district SM5 2;

• “single claimant”, in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;

• “specified condition” means the condition that a claimant is a British citizen who—

  1. d

     has resided in the United Kingdom throughout the period of two years ending with the date on which the claim for universal credit is made; and

  2. e

     has not, during that period, left the United Kingdom for a continuous period of four weeks or more;

• “state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002 M11;

• “tax credit” (including “child tax credit” and “working tax credit”) and “tax year” have the same meanings as in the Tax Credits Act 2002 M12;

• “Upper Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the 1998 Act.