Regulation 6 Interpretation of Part 3

In this Part—

• “Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1;

• “contributory employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance entitlement to which is based on section 1(2)(a) of the WRA 2007;

• “ESA Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008^f2;

• “income-related employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance entitlement to which is based on section 1(2)(b) of the WRA 2007;

• “new award of income-related employment and support allowance” means—

  1. (a)

     in cases in which a person makes a claim for an income-related employment and support allowance within the period mentioned in regulation 7(2)(b), the award made pursuant to the original decision in respect of that claim;

  2. (b)

     in all other cases, the award in existence immediately after the cessation of an award of contributory employment and support allowance as a consequence of section 1A of the WRA 2007^f3;

• “previous award of contributory employment and support allowance” means the award in existence immediately prior to its cessation as a consequence of section 1A of the WRA 2007;

• “previous award of employment and support allowance” means the award in existence immediately prior to the cessation of a contributory employment and support allowance as a consequence of section 1A of the WRA 2007;

• “relevant date” in respect of a person means the date on which chapters 1 and 2 of Part 2 of the Order are commenced in respect of a group of people of which that person forms part;

• “WRA 2007” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007^f4.