The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2022

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2022.

This Order comes into force on 6th June 2022.

This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f1 are amended as follows.

In Schedule 2 (applicable amounts)—

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996^f1 are amended as follows.

In Schedule 1 (applicable amounts)—

The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006^f1 are amended as follows.

In Schedule 3 (applicable amounts)—

The Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 64(2)(a)(v) (illness or disability of relevant other child) for “Disability for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022” substitute “Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022”.

The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1 are amended as follows.

In Schedule 2 (applicable amounts)—

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f1 are amended as follows.

In Schedule 1 (applicable amounts)—

The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f1 are amended as follows.

In Schedule 1 (circumstances in which persons are treated as being or not being severely disabled) in paragraph 1(2)(bb), for “Disability for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022” substitute “Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022”;

In Schedule 6 (sums disregarded from claimant’s earnings), in paragraph 4(1)(a), renumber head (viii), which was inserted by article 23(7) of the Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022^f2, as head (viia).

The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 73F(1)(g) (exception to the benefit cap: receipt of specified benefit), renumber head (v), which was inserted by article 24(5)(b) of the Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022, as head (vi).

The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006^f1 are amended as follows.

In Schedule 4 (applicable amounts)—

The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008^f1 are amended as follows.

In Schedule 4 (amounts), in paragraph 6(5)(d), for “as being in entitled” substitute “as being entitled”.

The Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 63 (illness or disability of relevant other child), in paragraph (2)(a)(v), for “Disability for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022” substitute “Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022”.