# The Employment and Support Allowance (Exempt Work & Hardship Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Regulation 5: Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008


In regulation 64D of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (the amount of a hardship payment) for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) A hardship payment is either—
(a) 80% of the prescribed amount for a single claimant as set out in paragraph (1)(a) of Part 1 of Schedule 4 where—
(i) the claimant has an award of employment and support allowance which does not include entitlement to a work-related activity component under section 4(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 as in operation immediately before 3rd April 2017, and
(ii) the claimant or any other member of their family is either pregnant or seriously ill; or
(b) 60% of the prescribed amount for a single claimant as set out in paragraph (1)(a) of Part 1 of Schedule 4 in any other case.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/50/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-exempt-work-hardship-amounts-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-5
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