PART 3AMENDMENTS OF SECONDARY LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 1SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

Amendment of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) RegulationsI123

In regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (interpretation)46—

a

after the definition of “child benefit” insert—

  • “contribution-based jobseekers allowance” means an allowance under the Jobseekers Order as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 that remove references to an income-based allowance, and a contribution-based allowance under the Jobseekers Order as that Order has affect apart from those provisions;

b

after the definition of “contributory benefit” insert—

  • “contributory employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 12, to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 that remove references to an income-related allowance, and a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act as that Part has effect apart from those provisions;

c

after the definition of “the enhanced rate”47 insert—

  • “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” means an income-based allowance under the Jobseekers Order;

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

d

in the definition of “personal benefit”48, after the words “dependency benefit” insert “ or universal credit under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015”.