Regulation 13A Welfare to work beneficiaryF1C1

Subject to paragraph (3), a person is a “welfare to work beneficiary” on any day in a linking term, where he–

A welfare to work beneficiary shall be treated as incapable of work on any day in a period, consisting of a cumulative number of days of incapacity for work not exceeding 91 days in total, beginning within the linking term and ending on a day not later than 13 weeks from the end of that linking term, where he–

A person is not a welfare to work beneficiary under paragraph (1) if his immediate past period of incapacity for work was ended by a determination, other than a determination in the circumstances set out in paragraph (1) or (3A), that he was, or was treated as, capable of work.

The circumstances are that the person had successfully appealed against a determination made in respect of the personal capability assessment or the own occupation test in relation to his immediate past period of incapacity for work.

For the purposes of this regulation–

• “benefit” means any benefit, allowance or advantage under the Contributions and Benefits Act (other than statutory sick pay), or under the Jobseekers Act 1995, for which entitlement is dependent on incapacity for work;

• “linking term” means a period of F9104 weeks (whether or not broken by days of incapacity for work) fixed on the first day immediately following the last day of incapacity in a period of incapacity for work;

• F10“immediate past period of incapacity for work” means F11the most recent of —

  1. (i)

     a period of incapacity for work under section 30C(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act,

  2. (ii)

     a period of incapacity for work under section 152 of the Contributions and Benefits Act, or

  3. (iii)

     a term composed of a period of incapacity for work under section 30C(1) and a period of incapacity for work under section 152 and includes any two such periods of incapacity for work which are separated by a period of not more than 8 weeks.

• “remunerative work” means–

  1. (a)

     work (other than exempt work under regulation 17) for which payment is made or which is done in expectation of payment, or

  2. (b)

     attendance on a training course in respect of which the person receives a training allowance in pursuance of arrangements made under section 2(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 or section 2(3) of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.