{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-payments-on-account-of-benefit-regulations-2013/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-payments-on-account-of-benefit-regulations-2013/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/383",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-payments-on-account-of-benefit-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definition of “benefit”",
  "text": "(1) In this Part, “benefit” means any of the following—\n(a) universal credit;\n(b) employment and support allowance;\n(c) income support;\n(d) jobseeker's allowance;\n(e) state pension credit;\n(f) benefit under Parts 2 to 5 of the Contributions and Benefits Act except attendance allowance , disability living allowance and guardian’s allowance.\n(g) a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014.\n(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)—\n(a) “employment and support allowance” means an allowance under—\n(i) Part 1 of the 2007 Act as amended by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the 2012 Act (to remove references to an income-related allowance); and\n(ii) Part 1 of the 2007 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the 2012 Act;\n(b) “jobseeker's allowance” means an allowance under—\n(i) the 1995 Act as amended by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the 2012 Act (to remove references to an income-based allowance); and\n(ii) the 1995 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the 2012 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1)(f) substituted (29.7.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1508), regs. 1(2)(a), 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 3(1)(g) inserted (6.4.2016 coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(b)) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1985), arts. 1(2)(b), 41(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/383/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:33.576106+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}