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Appendix 3: Abbreviations used in the notes

• Acts of Parliament
• Regulations
• Other information

Abbreviation	Full term
AAC	Administrative Appeals Chamber
Art(s)	Article(s)
EWCA Civ	England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
NICA	Northern Ireland Court of Appeal
para(s)	paragraph(s)
reg(s)	regulation(s)
s(s)	section(s)
Sch(s)	Schedule(s)
UKUT	United Kingdom Upper Tribunal
Vol	volume

Acts of Parliament

Abbreviation	Act
JSA 1995	Jobseekers Act 1995
LGFA 1992	Local Government Finance Act 1992
SS(S)A 2018	Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018
SSCBA 1992	Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
WRA 2007	Welfare Reform Act 2007

Regulations

Each set of regulations has a statutory instrument (SI) number and a date. You can find them all at legislation.gov.uk.

Abbreviation	Regulation
CB Regs	The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 No.223
CSP Regs	The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 No. 302
CT(D)(S)CAO	The Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Consolidation and Amendment Order 2003 No.176
CTC Regs	The Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002 No.2007
CTR(S) Regs	The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021 No.249
DAWAP(S) Regs	The Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 No.54
ESA Regs	The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 No.794
ESA(TP) Regs	The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2008 No.795
HB Regs	The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 No.213
IS Regs	The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 No.1967
JSA Regs	The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 No.207
JSA Regs 2013	The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013 No.378
LMI Regs	The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 No.725
NHS(TERC)(S) Regs	The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No.2) Regulations 2003 No.460
SCP Regs	The Scottish Child Payment Regulations 2020 No.351
SS(ICA) Regs	The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976 No.409
TC(DCI) Regs	The Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regulations 2002 No.2006
UC Regs	The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 No.376

Other information

ADM	Advice for Decision Making
DMG	Decision Makers’ Guide
GM	Housing Benefit/Council Tax Benefit Guidance Manual

References like CIS/142/1990 and R(JSA) 2/02 are references to commissioners’ decisions.

References like AD v SSWP [2009] UKUT 46 (AAC) are references to decisions of the Upper Tribunal.