Article 35 Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

(1)

The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 94 (meaning of “person in hardship”)—

(a)

in paragraph (3)(b) and (c)(ii), after “disability living allowance”, insert “, Scottish adult disability living allowance”;

(b)

in paragraph (7)—

(i)

in the definition of “care component”—

(aa)

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

(bb)

after sub-paragraph (b), insert—

“or

(c)

the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate provided for in regulation 6(4) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025;”;

(ii)

after the definition of “personal independence payment”, insert—

“;

“Scottish adult disability living allowance” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025;”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2016 No. 219; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2021/786, S.I. 2022/177 and S.I. 2024/919.