C4C5C6C7C8C9C10C1C2C3PART 1EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4

Pt. 1 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.R.) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/77), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C8

Pt. 1 modified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.R.) by The Social Security (Switzerland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/277), art. 2, Sch.

C10

Pt. 1 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/21), art. 2(2)(f)

F2Work-related requirements

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F2

S. 11 11L and crossheading substituted for (2.5.2016 for specified purposes, 27.9.2017 for specified purposes and subsequently on the days on which and for the purposes for which "the amending provisions" are brought into force by secondary legislation) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), arts. 2(2), 63(2); S.R. 2016/215, art. 2(3)(b); S.R. 2017/190, art. 9 (with arts. 10-25)

16AF1Hardship payments

1

Regulations may make provision for the making of payments (“hardship payments”) by way of an employment and support allowance to a person where—

a

the amount otherwise payable to the person in respect of an employment and support allowance is reduced by virtue of regulations under section 11(3), 12(3) or 13(3), and

b

the person is or will be in hardship.

2

Regulations under this section may in particular make provision as to—

a

circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being in hardship;

b

matters to be taken into account in determining whether a person is or will be in hardship;

c

requirements or conditions to be met by a person in order to receive hardship payments;

d

the amount or rate of hardship payments;

e

the period for which hardship payments may be made.