Legislation – The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) Regulations 2020
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Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 13th March 2020.
(2)
In these Regulations—
“the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
“assessment period” has the meaning in regulation 21 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 M1;
“” means COVID-19;
“employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
“existing award” means an award of universal credit or employment and support allowance that exists on the date on which these regulations come into force;
“isolation” in relation to a person, means the separation of that person from any other person in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination with Coronavirus disease;
“qualifying young person” has the meaning in regulation 5 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013;
“universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.