# The Employment and Support Allowance (Work-related Activity) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;
“action plan” means an action plan in accordance with regulation 5;
“carer’s allowance”, “carer support payment”, “child”, “lone parent”, “medical treatment” and “working day” have the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations;
“the Department”, for the purposes of Part 2 and 3, includes the Department for Employment and Learning;
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008;
“member of the support group” has the meaning given by section 24(4) of the Act; and
“work-related activity” has the meaning given by section 13(7) of the Act.
(2) For the purpose of these Regulations where a written notice is given by sending it by post it is taken to have been received on the second working day after posting.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/265/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-2
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