“the Existing Awards Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions and Housing Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010;

(b) in regulation 3 (revision of decisions)—

(i) in paragraph (1)(a), in the case of a revision of a decision to award jobseeker’s allowance made following the reinstatement of an existing award in accordance with regulation 15(5) of the Existing Awards Regulations (conversion decision that existing award does not qualify for conversion), the words “within one month of the date of notification of the original decision” were omitted,

(ii) in paragraph (9), in the case of a conversion decision where there has been a change of circumstances to which regulation 12(4) of the Existing Awards Regulations (regulations 10 and 11: supplementary) applies, sub-paragraph (a) were omitted, and

(iii) in paragraph (9)(a) for “in the case of an advance award under regulation 13, 13A or 13C of the Claims and Payments Regulations” there were substituted “in the cases of an advance award under regulation 13, 13A or 13C of the Claims and Payments Regulations or a conversion decision within the meaning of regulation 5(2)(a) of the Existing Awards Regulations”;

(c) in regulation 6(2)(a)(i) (supersession of decisions) for “in the case of an advance award under regulation 13, 13A or 13C of the Claims and Payments Regulations or regulation 146 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” there were substituted “in the cases of an advance award under regulation 13, 13A or 13C of the Claims and Payments Regulations or regulation 146 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations or a conversion decision within the meaning of regulation 5(2)(a) of the Existing Awards Regulations”.

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Regulation 6 of the Social Security (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (transitional arrangements and savings) is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) were omitted; and

(ii) for sub-paragraph (c) there were substituted—

(c) is entitled to an employment and support allowance by virtue of— (i) the Existing Awards Regulations, or (ii) regulation 30 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (conditions for treating a claimant as having limited capability for work until a determination about limited capability for work has been made) in the circumstances where the person has made and is pursuing an appeal against a conversion decision made under the Existing Awards Regulations which embodies a determination that the person does not have limited capability for work, and immediately before the effective date of the conversion decision made in respect of that person, was entitled to a specified benefit in respect of a period which was continuous with a period of entitlement to the same or another specified benefit which included 30th April 2004;

and

(b) in paragraph (4), before sub-paragraph (a) there were inserted—

(za) “conversion decision” and “effective date” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, and Housing Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010;

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