# The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008, Regulation 59: Amendment of the Social Security Benefits (Maintenance Payments and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996


(1) The Social Security Benefits (Maintenance Payments and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) after the definition of “the Act” insert—
““the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008;”.
(3) In regulation 2(c) (interpretation for the purposes of section 74A of the Act) after (ii) add—
“or
(iii) any income which is taken into account under Part 10 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations for the purposes of calculating the amount of employment and support allowance to which the claimant is entitled.”.
(4) In regulation 3 (persons of a prescribed description) after sub-paragraph (b) add—
“or
(c) is referred to as a “young person” in the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations by virtue of regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.”;
(5) In regulation 5 (circumstances in which persons are to be treated as being members of the same household)—
(a) omit “either”; and
(b) after “Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations” insert “ or regulation 156 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1554/regulation/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-consequential-provisions-no-2-regulations-2008/regulation-59
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