The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Modification of the relevant benefit year

13.—(1) Where paragraph (2) applies, paragraph 3(1)(f) of Schedule 1 to the Act has effect as if “relevant benefit year” is the benefit year which includes the day which would be the beginning of the period of limited capability for work if regulation 145 did not apply.

(2) This paragraph applies where a claimant does not satisfy—

(a) the first contribution condition;

(b) the second contribution condition; or

(c) both contribution conditions,

but would satisfy those conditions if the modified definition of “relevant benefit year” in paragraph (1) applied.