Article 2 InterpretationI1

In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

• “the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998^f1;

• “the amending provisions” means the provisions referred to in article 4(1)(a) to (c) of the No. 9 Order (day appointed for the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker’s allowance)^f2;

• “claimant”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to an employment and support allowance, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007^f3, save as mentioned in article 5(1A) of the No. 9 Order as applied by article 4(7) of this Order^f4;

  2. (b)

     in relation to a jobseeker’s allowance, has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995^f5 (as it applies apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance), save as mentioned in article 5(1A) of the No. 9 Order as applied by article 4(7) of this Order;

  3. (c)

     in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act^f6;

• “the Claims and Payments Regulations 2013” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013^f7;

• “employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;

• “First-tier Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the 1998 Act;

• “jobseeker’s allowance” means a jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995;

• “joint claimants”, in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act^f8;

• “the No. 9 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013^f9;

• “the No. 28 relevant district” means the postcode part-district SM5 2;

• “single claimant”, in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act^f10;

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• “Upper Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the 1998 Act.

For the purposes of this Order, the Claims and Payments Regulations 2013 apply for the purpose of deciding—