The Employment and Support Allowance (Duration of Contributory Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012
These Regulations make a number of amendments to social security legislation consequential on sections 1A and 1B of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”). Those sections are inserted by sections 51 and 52 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, respectively. Section 1A provides for the time-limiting of an award of contributory employment and support allowance (“ESA”) to 365 days (except where the claimant is in the support group). Section 1B provides for further entitlement to contributory ESA where a claimant’s entitlement to contributory ESA has ended as a result of section 1A, they satisfy the basic conditions of entitlement to ESA (contained in section 1(3) of the 2007 Act) and they have (or are treated as having) limited capability for work-related activity (i.e. they are in the support group).