SCHEDULEConsequential Amendments

Article 5

1

1

The No. 8 Order is amended as follows.

2

In Article 8(1) (transitional provision where the Department determines that claims for universal credit may not be made: effect on claims for employment and support allowance and jobseeker’s allowance), omit “or article 2(11) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 14 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019 (no claims for universal credit by frontier workers)”.

3

In Article 24(2) (transitional provision: claims for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit), omit “or by virtue of article 2 (11) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 14 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019 (no claims for universal credit by frontier workers)”.

2

1

The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 13 and Savings and Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment) Order 20196 is amended as follows.

2

In Article 8 (transitional provision: where restrictions on claims for universal credit are in place)—

a

at the end of paragraph (1)(a) insert “or”; and

b

omit subparagraph (1)(c) and the “or” preceding it.