Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

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”F1, “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^f1;

• “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.

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.