Article 1 Citation and InterpretationI1

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 35) (Abolition of Benefits) Order 2025.

In this Order—

• “the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007^f1;

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

• “the amending provisions” means the provisions referred to in article 4(1)(a) to (c) of 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^f2;

• “contributory allowance” and “income-related allowance” in relation to an award of old style ESA have the meaning given by section 1(7) of the 2007 Act;

• “housing benefit” means housing benefit under section 130 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f3;

• “income support” means income support under section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

• “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995^f4;

• “income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act;

• “old style ESA” means an employment and support 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 14, to the Act that remove references to an income-related allowance and references to an award of old style ESA shall be construed accordingly;

• “old style JSA” means a jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance and references to an award of old style JSA shall be construed accordingly;

• F1“specified accommodation” has the same meaning as in the Transitional Regulations;

• “temporary accommodation” has the same meaning as in the Transitional Regulations;

• “the Transitional Regulations” means the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014^f5;

• “two week run-on period” means the period referred to in regulation 8(2A)^f6 or 46(1)(a)^f7 of the Transitional Regulations or regulation 5(1) of the Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019^f8.