Consequential amendments
55.—(1) The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In the heading to regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) for “and interpretation”, substitute “, application and interpretation”.
(3) After regulation 1(2), insert—
“(2A) In so far as these Regulations relate to—
(a)an employment and support allowance payable under the Welfare Reform Act, they apply only in so far as the Act has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3 and Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (“the 2012 Act”) (removing references to an income-related allowance);
(b)a jobseeker’s allowance payable under the Jobseekers Act 1995, they apply only in so far as the Act has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the 2012 Act (removing references to an income-based allowance).
(2B) These Regulations do not apply to universal credit (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012) or personal independence payment (within the meaning of Part 4 of that Act).”.