Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation 1(2)

before the definition of “the Act” insert—

• ““the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;”^f1;

after the definition of “the Benefits Act” insert—

• ““the Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;”;

after the definition of “armed forces independence payment”^f2 insert—

• ““assessment period” has the same meaning as in the UC Regulations;”;

after the definition of “the determination day”^f3 insert—

• ““the ESA Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008;”^f4;

after the definition of “the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”^f5 insert—

• ““income-based jobseeker’s allowance” means an income-based allowance under the Jobseekers Order as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Order (to remove references to an income-based allowance);”;

• ““income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3 and Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Order (to remove references to an income-related allowance);”;

after the definition of “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” insert—

• ““joint claimant” means each of the “joint claimants” in that definition in Article 46 of the Order;”;

after the definition of “pay day”^f6 insert—

• ““personal independence payment” means the allowance payable in accordance with Part 5 of the Order;”;

after the definition of “relevant authority”^f7 insert—

• ““the UC Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016;”^f8;

• ““universal credit” means the benefit payable in accordance with Part 2 of the Order.”.