{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 2 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations",
  "text": "(1) In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Employment and Support allowance Regulations (assessment of whether a claimant has limited capability for work)—\n(a) in Activity 1 for the wording in column 1 substitute—\n“1. Mobilising unaided by another person with or without a walking stick, manual wheelchair or other aid if such aid is normally, or could reasonably be, worn or used.”;\n(b) in Activity 2, in column 2—\n(i) in paragraph 2(b)(ii) after “(even in an adjustable chair)” insert—\n“; or\n(iii) a combination of (i) and (ii),”;\n(ii) in paragraph 2(c)(ii) after “(even in an adjustable chair)” insert—\n“; or\n(iii) a combination of (i) and (ii),”;\n(c) in Activity 5, in column 2, in paragraph 5(d) after “Cannot” insert “ single-handedly ”;\n(d) in Activity 6, for the wording in column 1 substitute—\n“6. Making self understood through speaking, writing, typing, or other means which are normally, or could reasonably be, used, unaided by another person.”;\n(e) in Activity 7, for the wording in column 1 substitute—\n“7. Understanding communication by—\n(a) verbal means (such as hearing or lip reading) alone,\n(b) non-verbal means (such as reading 16 point print or Braille) alone, or\n(c) a combination of (a) and (b),\nusing any aid that is normally, or could reasonably be, used, unaided by another person.”;\n(f) in Activity 8, for the wording in column 1 substitute—\n“8. Navigation and maintaining safety, using a guide dog or other aid if either or both are normally, or could reasonably be, used.”;\n(g) in Activity 9—\n(i) for the wording in column 1 substitute—\n“9. Absence or loss of control whilst conscious leading to extensive evacuation of the bowel and/or bladder, other than enuresis (bed-wetting), despite the wearing or use of any aids or adaptations which are normally, or could reasonably be, worn or used.”,\n(ii) in column 2 in paragraph 9(b) for “At risk” substitute “ The majority of the time is at risk ”.\n(2) In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Mental, Cognitive and Intellectual Function Assessment) in Activity 15, in column 2 for the wording in paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) Cannot get to any place outside the claimant's home with which the claimant is familiar.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Schedule 2 was substituted by regulation 3(5) of and Schedule 1 to S.R. 2011 No. 76"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/2/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:12:28.758355+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."
}