Article 18 Amendment of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

(1)

The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)

for “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”;

(b)

in the definition of “Scottish disability or carer benefit”—

(i)

omit the “or” after sub-paragraph (c);

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (d) insert

“or

(e)

carer support payment within the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023^f2 in circumstances where regulation 42(1) of those Regulations applies;”.

(3)

In regulation 12(b) (award of another benefit), for each occurrence of “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”.

(4)

In paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 (effective dates for superseding decisions made on the ground of a change of circumstances), in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2)(a), for each occurrence of “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2016 No. 221; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2021/786, 2022/177, 2024/919 and 2025/227.
f2: S.S.I. 2023/302.