The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 26 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2016

Modification of the No. 24 Order

8.—(1) Articles 3(2)(bb) and 4(2)(ccc) of the No. 24 Order do not apply to a claim for universal credit to which articles 3(2)(a) and 4(2)(a) or articles 3(2)(b) and 4(2)(b) of this Order apply.

(2) Article 4(2)(ddd) of the No. 24 Order does not apply to a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance to which sub-paragraph (d) or (e) of paragraph (2) of article 4 of this Order applies.

(3) With effect from 17th January 2016, the provisions of the No. 24 Order set out in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) have effect as though any reference in those provisions to numbered relevant districts (as defined in article 2(2) of that Order) does not include a reference to the designated postcodes referred to in the sub-paragraph in question—

(a) articles 3(2)(o) and 4(2)(cc) and (dd), in respect of the Part 5 designated postcodes;

(b) articles 3(2)(s) and 4(2)(kk) and (ll), in respect of the Part 6 designated postcodes;

(c) articles 3(2)(v) and 4(2)(qq) and (rr), in respect of the Part 7 designated postcodes.

(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply for the purposes of articles 3(2)(cc) and 4(2)(eee) and (fff) of the No. 24 Order.