The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2015
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | SI 2015/1537 |
Year | 2015 |
- “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 No. 9 Order (day appointed for the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker’s allowance) ;
- “the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987;
- “claimant”—
- (a) in relation to an employment and support allowance, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
- (b) in relation to a jobseeker’s allowance, has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995 (as it applies apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance) ;
- (c) in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;
- “employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
- “First-tier Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998 ;
- “gateway conditions” means the conditions specified in Schedule 5 to the No. 9 Order—
- (a) as that Schedule has effect apart from the amendments made by article 4(5) (b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment) ) Order 2015; and
- (b) as if that Schedule, as it has effect under sub-paragraph (a) , were amended in accordance with paragraph (3) of this article.
- “Index of Relevant Districts” means the Index of Relevant Districts issued by the Department for Work and Pensions on 20th July 2015 ;
- “jobseeker’s allowance” means a jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995;
- “the No. 9 Order” means 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;
- “the No. 11 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 11 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment) ) Order 2013;
- “the No. 13 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 13 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013;
- “the No. 14 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013;
- “the No. 16 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014;
- “the No. 17 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014;
- “the No. 19 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment) ) Order 2014;
- “the No. 20 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 20 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment) ) Order 2014;
- “the No. 21 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 21 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015;
- “the No. 22 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 22 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015;
- “the No. 23 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015;
- “the UC commencement orders” means the No. 9 Order, the No. 11 Order, the No. 13 Order, the No. 14 Order, the No. 16 Order, the No. 17 Order, the No. 19 Order, the No. 20 Order, the No. 21 Order, the No. 22 Order and the No. 23 Order;
- “Upper Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998.
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