Regulation 4 Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)

In regulation 2—

(a)

at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, insert—

““health eligibility criteria” (“meini prawf cymhwystra iechyd”) means a person living with a chronic respiratory, circulatory or mental health condition;”

“households below average income report” (“adroddiad aelwydydd islaw’r incwm cyfartalog”) means the data published from time to time by the Secretary of State on household and individual incomes under section 4 of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016^f1.

“lower income household” (“aelwyd incwm is”) means a household with a net income, excluding any income from disability related benefits or payments, that is less than 60% of the median equivalised net household income before housing costs based on the most recent published data in the households below average income report;”;

(b)

in the definition of “means-tested benefit”—

(i)

in paragraph (e), at the end omit “and”;

(ii)

in paragraph (f), at the end insert “and”;

(iii)

after paragraph (f), insert—

“(g)

income-based jobseeker’s allowance (as defined in section 1(4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995^f2);”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2016 c. 7. The households below average income report series is published online at Households below average income (HBAI) statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and a copy can be obtained from Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.
f2: 1995 c. 18. Section 1(4) was amended by section 59 and Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30). There are other amendments to this section, but none are relevant for the purposes of these Regulations.