The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2020/102 |
| Year | 2020 |
2020 No. 102
Social Security
The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Made 30th January 2020
Laid before Parliament 6th February 2020
Coming into force 27th February 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 24(1) and 25(2) and (3) of, and paragraphs 7(1)(a), (2)(d) and 8(1)(c) of Schedule 4 to, the Welfare Reform Act 20071, makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 19922, the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.
Citation and Commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 27th February 2020.
Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010
2. Regulation 21(1) (termination of transitional addition) of the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 20103is amended as follows:
(a) at the end of paragraph (a), insert “and”;
(b) at the end of paragraph (b), omit “and”;
(c) omit paragraph (c).
Justin Tomlinson
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
30th January 2020
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. 2010/1907) (the “Existing Awards Regulations”). The Existing Awards Regulations make provision for the payment of a transitional addition to certain claimants whose existing awards of income support, incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance have been converted to an award of an employment and support allowance (“ESA”). Regulation 21 of the Existing Awards Regulations provides for the termination of the transitional addition.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations removes the end date of 5th April 2020 for the payment of transitional additions to ESA claimants...
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