# The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 3: Amendment of regulation 1(2)


In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—
(a) before the definition of “the Act” insert—
““the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;”;
(b) after the definition of “the Benefits Act” insert—
““the Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;”;
(c) after the definition of “armed forces independence payment” insert—
““assessment period” has the same meaning as in the UC Regulations;”;
(d) after the definition of “the determination day” insert—
““the ESA Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008;”;
(e) after the definition of “the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations” 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);”;
(f) 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;”;
(g) after the definition of “pay day” insert—
““personal independence payment” means the allowance payable in accordance with Part 5 of the Order;”;
(h) after the definition of “relevant authority” insert—
““the UC Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016;”;
““universal credit” means the benefit payable in accordance with Part 2 of the Order.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/225/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-loss-of-benefit-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-3
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