Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
“the 1995 Act” means the Jobseekers Act 1995(1);
“the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007(2);
“the amending provisions” means the provisions referred to in article 4(1)(a) to (c) of the No. 9 Order (day appointed for the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker’s allowance);
“appointed day” means the day appointed for the coming into force of the amending provisions in accordance with article 4(3) of the No. 9 Order;
“contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance” means a contribution-based allowance under the 1995 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based allowance;
“contributory employment and support allowance” means a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;
“employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act;
“jobseeker’s allowance” means an allowance under the 1995 Act;
“joint-claim couple” has the meaning given in section 1(4) of the 1995 Act(3);
“new style ESA award” means an award of an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;
“new style JSA award” means an award of a jobseeker’s allowance under the 1995 Act as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance;
“No. 2 relevant districts” means the postcode districts and part-districts specified in Part 1 of the Schedule;
“No. 3 relevant districts” means the postcode districts and part-districts specified in Part 2 of the Schedule;
“the No. 9 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013(4);
“old style ESA award” means an award of an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;
“old style JSA award” means an award of a jobseeker’s allowance under the 1995 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance;
“the Transitional Regulations” means the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013(5).
(2) For the purposes of this Order, a reference to a person falling within the Pathfinder Group is a reference to a person who meets the requirements of regulations 5 to 12 of the Transitional Regulations.
The definition was inserted by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedule 7, paragraphs 1, 2(1) and 4(b). Section 1(4) is repealed by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act and the repeal (which forms part of the “amending provisions”) is commenced for certain cases by article 4 of the No. 9 Order and article 4 of this Order.