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The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

S.I. 2020/102 · Made 30 January 2020

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Social Security

Made 30th January 2020

Laid before Parliament 6th February 2020

Coming into force 27th February 2020

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 24(1) and 25(2) and (3) of, and paragraphs 7(1)(a), (2)(d) and 8(1)(c) of Schedule 4 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2007f1, makes the following Regulations.

In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992f2, the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c.5. Section 24(1) is cited for the definition of “regulations”.

f2

1992 c.5.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and Commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 27th February 2020.

2Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010

Regulation 21(1) (termination of transitional addition) of the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010f1 is amended as follows:

(a)

at the end of paragraph (a), insert “and”;

(b)

at the end of paragraph (b), omit “and”;

(c)

omit paragraph (c).

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Justin Tomlinson

Minister of State

Department for Work and Pensions

30th January 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907) (the “Existing Awards Regulations”). The Existing Awards Regulations make provision for the payment of a transitional addition to certain claimants whose existing awards of income support, incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance have been converted to an award of an employment and support allowance (“ESA”). Regulation 21 of the Existing Awards Regulations provides for the termination of the transitional addition.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations removes the end date of 5th April 2020 for the payment of transitional additions to ESA claimants. Payment of a claimant’s transitional addition will now end when it reduces to nil or when the claimant’s entitlement to ESA comes to an end.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.