{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-consequential-provisions-no-2-regulations-2008/regulation-51",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1554",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-consequential-provisions-no-2-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/51",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) in the definition of “contributory benefit” for “ and a contribution-based jobseeker's allowance” substitute “ a contribution-based jobseeker's allowance and a contributory employment and support allowance ”;\n(b) in the definition of “personal benefit” after “includes” insert “ a contributory employment and support allowance but not an income-related employment and support allowance and includes ”; and\n(c) after the definition of “1914-1918 War Injuries Scheme” insert—\n““the Welfare Reform Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007.”.\n(3) In regulation 4(1)(a) (adjustment of personal benefit etc.) after “industrial injuries benefits)” insert “ , Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act ”.\n(4) In regulation 10(1) (adjustment of dependency benefit where certain personal benefit is payable) after sub-paragraph (j) add—\n“(k) a contributory employment and support allowance,”.\n(5) In regulation 16 (persons to be treated as entitled to benefit for certain purposes)—\n(a) after “the Act” the first time it occurs insert “ , Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act ”; and\n(b) after “under it,” the first time it occurs insert “ Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act and regulations made under it ”.\n(6) In regulation 17 (prevention of double adjustments) for “or under the Jobseekers Act” each time it occurs substitute “ , the Jobseekers Act or Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act ”.\n(7) In Schedule 1 (personal benefits which are required to be adjusted etc.) in column (1) (personal benefit under the Act) in paragraph 4, after “severe disablement allowance” insert “ , contributory employment and support allowance ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/597."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Definition was inserted by S.I. 1996/1345."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "Definition was amended by S.I. 2005/1551."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Paragraph (1) was substituted by S.I. 1992/3194 and amended by S.I. 1996/1345."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "Paragraph (1) was amended by S.I. 1980/1927, 1982/1173, 1983/186, 1991/387, 1992/3194,1996/1345 and by virtue of the Employment Act 1998 (c. 38)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "Regulation 16 was amended by S.I. 1996/1345."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "Regulation 17 was amended by S.I. 1996/1345"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 1983/186, 1984/1303, 1995/829, 1996/1345, 2000/1483 and 2005/2877."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1554/regulation/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:29:45.724174+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."
}