These Regulations may be cited as the Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 13th March 2020.

In these Regulations—

• “the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007;

• “assessment period” has the meaning in regulation 21 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 M1;

• “Coronavirus disease” means COVID-19;

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

• “existing award” means an award of universal credit or employment and support allowance that exists on the date on which these regulations come into force;

• “isolation” in relation to a person, means the separation of that person from any other person in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination with Coronavirus disease;

• “qualifying young person” has the meaning in regulation 5 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013;

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