Regulation 2 Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance, State Pension Credit, Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit – definition of prisonerI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

F1Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is expedient as a result of coronavirus disease and in such cases as the Secretary of State determines, the Regulations in paragraph (2) are to be read as if the definition of “prisoner” did not include a person on temporary release in accordance with the provisions of the Prison Act 1952.

(2)

The Regulations are—

(a)

the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M1;

(b)

the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996 M2;

(c)

the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 M3;

(d)

the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 M4; and

(e)

the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 M5.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (12.5.2021) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/476), regs. 1, 4(3)(4)(a)

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 1987/1967. See regulation 21. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/516, 1998/563 and 2005/2078.
M2: S.I. 1996/207. See regulation 85. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1517, 1998/563, 2005/2078 and 2006/1402.
M3: S.I. 2002/1792. See regulation 1. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2005/2078 and 2018/676.
M4: S.I. 2008/794. See regulation 69. There are no relevant amending instruments.
M5: S.I. 2013/376. See regulation 2. There are no relevant amending instruments.

Commencement

I1: Reg. 2 in force at 8.4.2020, see reg. 1