SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE: ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS

F1F1PART 1F1CONTRIBUTORY ALLOWANCE

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Amendments (Textual)
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Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 heading repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes, 15.11.2017 and 13.12.2017 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 1; S.R. 2017/190, art. 6, Sch. 2 (with arts. 7, 8, 10-25, Sch. 3); S.R. 2017/216, art. 4 (with art. 5)

Condition relating to youth

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1

The third condition is that—

C1C2a

the claimant was under 20 or, in prescribed cases, 25 when the relevant period of limited capability for work began,

b

he is not receiving full-time education,

c

he satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed with respect to residence or presence in Northern Ireland (or both), and

d

there has been a day in the relevant period of limited capability for work—

i

which was a day on which he was aged at least 16, and

ii

which was preceded by a period of 196 consecutive days throughout which he had limited capability for work.

2

In sub-paragraph (1), “relevant period of limited capability for work” means the period of limited capability for work which includes the relevant benefit week.

3

Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which sub-paragraph (1)(a) does not apply in the case of a person who has previously ceased to be entitled to an employment and support allowance to which he was entitled by virtue of satisfying the condition set out in sub-paragraph (1).

4

Regulations may make provision about when, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), a person is, or is not, to be treated as receiving full-time education.