Legislation – The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement 11, 13, 16, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2017
Interpretation2.
(1)
In this Order—
“claimant”—
(a)
(b)
(c)
“employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
“jobseeker’s allowance” means a jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995;
(2)
In this Order, references to “designated postcodes”, by numbered “Part”, are to any postcode district or part-district in the corresponding numbered Part of the Schedule to this Order.
(3)
(a)
whether a claim for universal credit is made; and
(b)
the date on which the claim is made.
(4)
For the purposes of this Order, the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987 apply, subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), for the purposes of deciding—
(a)
whether a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance is made; and
(b)
the date on which the claim is made or treated as made.
(5)
Subject to paragraph (6), for the purposes of this Order—
(a)
a person makes a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance if that person takes any action which results in a decision on a claim being required under the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987; and
(b)
it is irrelevant that the effect of any provision of those Regulations is that, for the purposes of those Regulations, the claim is made or treated as made at a date that is earlier than the date on which that action is taken.
(6)
Where, by virtue of—
(a)
(b)
a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance is treated as made at a date that is earlier than the date on which the action referred to in paragraph (5)(a) is taken, the claim is treated as made on that earlier date.