(2) The Regulations are— 

(a) the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987( a ); 

(b) the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996( b ); 

(c) the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002( c ); 

(d) the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008( d ); and 

(e) the Universal Credit Regulations 2013( e ). 

## Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance, State Pension Credit and Employment and Support Allowance – persons treated as being or not being members of the same household 

3. —(1) The following provisions are to be read as if the words “the Prison Act 1952 or” were omitted— 

(a) regulation 16(3)(b)(ii) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987( f ); 

(b) regulation 5(1)(c)(iii) of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002; and 

(c) regulation 156(4)(b)(ii) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008. 

(2) Regulation 78(3)(b)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996( g ) is to be read as if the words “the provisions of the Prison Act 1952 or” were omitted. 

## Jobseeker’s Allowance – availability for employment 

4.  Regulation 15(1)(b) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 is to be read as if the words “the provisions of the Prison Act 1952 or” were omitted. 

## Housing Benefit – modification of the rule on whether a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as their home 

5.  For the purposes of entitlement to housing benefit, the following provisions are to be read as if the words “the Prison Act 1952 or” were omitted— 

(a) regulation 7(14) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006( h ); and 

(b) regulation 7(14) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006( i ). 

## Expiry 

6. —(1) The Secretary of State must keep the operation of these Regulations under review. 

(2) These Regulations cease to have effect at the end of the period of eight months beginning on 13th March 2020. 

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 

At 10.23 a.m. on 7th April 2020 

Will Quince Minister for Welfare Delivery Department for Work and Pensions 

