# The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 35) (Abolition of Benefits) Order 2025, Article 1: Citation and Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 35) (Abolition of Benefits) Order 2025.
(2) In this Order—
“the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“two week run-on period” means the period referred to in regulation 8(2A) or 46(1)(a) of the Transitional Regulations or regulation 5(1) of the Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1148/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no-35-abolition-of-benefits-order-2025/article-1/enacted
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