{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-assistance-carer-support-payment-scotland-regulations-2023-consequential-amendments-order-2023/article-49",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1218",
  "legislation_title": "The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-assistance-carer-support-payment-scotland-regulations-2023-consequential-amendments-order-2023",
  "path": "article/49",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "text": "(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “carer’s allowance” insert—\n““carer support payment” means carer’s assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023;”.\n(3) In regulation 9(2)(a) (relaxation of the first contribution condition), after “carer’s allowance” insert “or have entitlement to carer support payment”.\n(4) In regulation 47 (claimants subject to no work-related requirements)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(a), after “carer’s allowance” insert “or have entitlement to carer support payment”;\n(b) in paragraph (2), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—\n“(a) satisfies the conditions for entitlement to a carer’s allowance, or would do so but for the fact that—\n(i) their earnings have exceeded the limit prescribed for the purposes of that allowance; or\n(ii) they are—\n(aa) resident, or treated as resident, in Scotland; or\n(bb) resident outside of Northern Ireland and have a genuine and sufficient link to Scotland; or\n(b) is entitled to carer support payment.”;\n(c) in paragraph (5), after the definition of “severely disabled” insert—\n““sufficient” has the meaning given in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023;”.\n(5) In regulation 85(2)(a) (waiting days), after “carer’s allowance,” insert “carer support payment,”.\n(6) In regulation 100(b) (modification in the calculation of income), after “carer’s allowance” insert “, carer support payment”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2016 No. 219."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2023/302."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1218/article/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:38:37.511625+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}