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Paragraph 2 I1

England, Wales and Scotland

The benefits relevant for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of the priority group in article 2 are—

(a)

council tax benefitf1;

(b)

housing benefit;

(c)

income support;

(d)

an income-based jobseeker’s allowancef2;

(e)

an attendance allowance;

(f)

a disability living allowancef3;

(g)

a war disablement pension which includes—

(i)

a mobility supplement; or

(ii)

a constant attendance allowance;

(h)

a disablement pensionf4 which includes a constant attendance allowance; F1...

F2(i)

state pension credit; and

F3(j)

an income-related employment and support allowance under the Welfare Reform Act 2007.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Sch. 2 para. 2(h) omitted (21.7.2009) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1904), arts. 1, 10(a)

F2

Sch. 2 para. 2(i) substituted (21.7.2009) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1904), arts. 1, 10(b)

F3

Sch. 2 para. 2(j) inserted (21.7.2009) by The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1904), arts. 1, 10(c)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 31.1.2008, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1

Council tax benefit, housing benefit and income support are provided for in Part VII of the 1992 Act.

f2

Jobseeker’s allowance is provided for in Part I of the Jobseeker’s Act 1995 (c.18); see in particular section 1(4) for a definition of “income-based jobseeker’s allowance”.

f3

Disability living allowance is provided for in Part III of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4); see in particular section 71.

f4

Disablement pensions are provided for in Part V of the 1992 Act; see in particular section 103.