Regulation 56 Amendment of the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001

(1)

The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001 M1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (disqualification period)—

(a)

in paragraph (1) M2—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a)(iii) after “state pension credit” insert “ , employment and support allowance ”; and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b)(iii) for “or state pension credit” substitute “ , state pension credit or employment and support allowance ”; and

(b)

in paragraph (3)(c) M3 after “state pension credit” insert “ , employment and support allowance ”.

(3)

In regulation 3 (reduction of income support)—

(a)

in the heading after “income support” add “ and income-related employment and support allowance ”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) after “income support” the first time it occurs insert “ or an income-related employment and support allowance ”;

(c)

in paragraph (4) after “income support” each time it occurs insert “ or an income-related employment and support allowance ”;

(d)

in paragraph (5) after “income support” insert “ or an income-related employment and support allowance ”; and

(e)

in paragraph (6) after “Regulations” add “ or, as the case may be, regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 ”.

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