Welfare Reform Act 2012
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- s. 45 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(a) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- s. 46(1) (3) coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(b) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- s. 48 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- s. 50(1) repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 52(2) repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 58(2) repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 59 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 69 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 71 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 8
- s. 72 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 8
- s. 105(5) repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 106(2) repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 8
- s. 106(3) repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 106(4) repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 8
- s. 111 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 120(5) repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 12
- s. 131(3) words repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 131(7)(a)(i) words repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 131(9)(a)(i) words repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 131(11)(d) - (f) repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- s. 131(12) words repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- Sch. 7 para. 1 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- Sch. 7 para. 2 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- Sch. 7 para. 3 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- Sch. 7 para. 5 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- Sch. 7 para. 6 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- Sch. 7 para. 7 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- Sch. 7 para. 8 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- Sch. 7 para. 9 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- Sch. 7 para. 10(1) (3) coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- Sch. 7 para. 12 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- Sch. 7 para. 16(1) para. 16(2)(c) coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(c) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- Sch. 7 para. 3 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- Sch. 7 para. 10(2) repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- Sch. 9 para. 18 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- Sch. 9 para. 22 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- Sch. 9 para. 26 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- Sch. 9 para. 27 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- Sch. 11 para. 12 - 14 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- Sch. 12 para. 5 repealed by 2012 c. 5Sch. 14Pt. 1
- Sch. 14 Pt. 3 coming into force by S.I. 2012/1246art. 2(6)(d) (Not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Art. 2(6) revoked (4.10.2012) by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(7))
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2013/1511 by S.I. 2017/57art. 51314Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2013/2657 by S.I. 2016/596art. 4-6Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2013/2657 by S.I. 2017/57art. 1315Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2013/2846 by S.I. 2016/596art. 347Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2013/983 by S.I. 2018/138art. 3
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2013/983 by S.I. 2019/10reg. 3(1)
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2013/983 by S.I. 2019/167art. 5(2)
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2013/983, art. 5A(1), 6(1) by S.I. 2017/483art. 2
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2014/1583 by S.I. 2017/664art. 5Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2014/209 by S.I. 2016/596art. 348Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2014/209 by S.I. 2017/57art. 1016Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2014/2321 by S.I. 2016/596art. 59Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2014/2321 by S.I. 2016/963art. 37813Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2014/2321 by S.I. 2017/584art. 5Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2014/2321 by S.I. 2017/664art. 5Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/101 by S.I. 2016/596art. 3-510Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/101 by S.I. 2016/963art. 46-1214Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/101 by S.I. 2017/57art. 3-9111217Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/101 by S.I. 2017/584art. 346-9Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/101 by S.I. 2017/664art. 3-57-9Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/1537 by S.I. 2016/596art. 3411Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/1537 by S.I. 2016/963art. 3-1215Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/1537 by S.I. 2017/57art. 3-7912Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/1537 by S.I. 2017/584art. 346-9Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/1537 by S.I. 2017/664art. 3-9Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/33 by S.I. 2018/138art. 6
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/33 by S.I. 2019/10reg. 3(2)
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/33 by S.I. 2019/167art. 5(3)
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/33 by S.I. 2019/37art. 5
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/33, art. 6(11) by S.I. 2017/483art. 3
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/634 by S.I. 2018/138art. 6
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/634 by S.I. 2019/10reg. 3(3)
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/634 by S.I. 2019/167art. 5(4)
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/634 by S.I. 2019/37art. 5
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/634, art. 7(2) by S.I. 2017/376reg. 4
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2016/596 by S.I. 2016/963art. 17
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2019/37 by S.I. 2019/935art. 2
- specified provision(s) modification of earlier commencing S.I. 2014/1583 by S.I. 2018/532art. 3Sch.
- specified provision(s) modification of earlier commencing S.I. 2014/2321 by S.I. 2018/532art. 3Sch.
- specified provision(s) modification of earlier commencing S.I. 2015/101 by S.I. 2018/532art. 3Sch.
- specified provision(s) modification of earlier commencing S.I. 2015/1537 by S.I. 2018/532art. 3Sch.
- specified provision(s) modification of earlier commencing S.I. 2015/634 by S.I. 2018/532art. 5
- Introductory Text
- Part 1 Universal credit
- CHAPTER 1 Entitlement and awards
- Introductory
- 1.Universal credit
- 2.Claims
- 3.Entitlement
- 4.Basic conditions
- 5.Financial conditions
- 6.Restrictions on entitlement
- 7.Basis of awards
- 8.Calculation of awards
- 9.Standard allowance
- 10.Responsibility for children and young persons
- 11.Housing costs
- 12.Other particular needs or circumstances
- Introductory
- 13.Work-related requirements: introductory
- 14.Claimant commitment
- 15.Work-focused interview requirement
- 16.Work preparation requirement
- 17.Work search requirement
- 18.Work availability requirement
- 19.Claimants subject to no work-related requirements
- 20.Claimants subject to work-focused interview requirement only
- 21.Claimants subject to work preparation requirement
- 22.Claimants subject to all work-related requirements
- 23.Connected requirements
- 24.Imposition of requirements
- 25.Compliance with requirements
- 26.Higher-level sanctions
- 27.Other sanctions
- 28.Hardship payments
- 29.Delegation and contracting out
- Supplementary and consequential
- 30.Supplementary regulation-making powers
- 31.Supplementary and consequential amendments
- 32.Power to make supplementary and consequential provision etc
- 33.Abolition of benefits
- 34.Universal credit and state pension credit
- 35.Universal credit and working-age benefits
- 36.Migration to universal credit
- 37.Capability for work or work-related activity
- 38.Information
- 39.Couples
- 40.Interpretation of Part 1
- 41.Pilot schemes
- 42.Regulations: general
- 43.Regulations: procedure
- CHAPTER 1 Jobseeker's allowance
- Claimant responsibilities for interim period
- 44.Claimant commitment for jobseeker's allowance
- 45.Interviews
- 46.Sanctions
- 47.Procedure for regulation-making powers
- 48.Consequential amendments
- 49.Claimant responsibilities for jobseeker's allowance
- Conditions of entitlement
- 50.Dual entitlement
- 51.Period of entitlement to contributory allowance
- 52.Further entitlement after time-limiting
- 53.Condition relating to youth
- 54.Claimant commitment for employment and support allowance
- 55.Work experience etc
- 56.Hardship payments
- 57.Claimant responsibilities for employment and support allowance
- 58.Entitlement of lone parents to income support etc
- 59.Claimant commitment for income support
- Claimants dependent on drugs etc
- 60.Claimants dependent on drugs etc
- 61.Entitlement to work: jobseeker's allowance
- 62.Entitlement to work: employment and support allowance
- 63.Entitlement to work: maternity allowance and statutory payments
- Industrial injuries benefit
- 64.Injuries arising before 5 July 1948
- 65.Persons under 18
- 66.Trainees
- 67.Restriction on new claims for industrial death benefit
- 68.Determinations
- 69.Housing benefit: determination of appropriate maximum
- 70.Ending of discretionary payments
- 71.Purposes of discretionary payments
- 72.Determination of amount or value of budgeting loan
- 73.External provider social loans and community care grants
- 74.State pension credit: carers
- 75.State pension credit: capital limit
- 76.Calculation of working tax credit
- Personal independence payment
- 77.Personal independence payment
- 78.Daily living component
- 79.Mobility component
- 80.Ability to carry out daily living activities or mobility activities
- 81.Required period condition: further provision
- 82.Terminal illness
- 83.Persons of pensionable age
- 84.No entitlement to daily living component where UK is not competent state
- 85.Care home residents
- 86.Hospital in-patients
- 87.Prisoners and detainees
- 88.Claims, awards and information
- 89.Report to Parliament
- 90.Abolition of disability living allowance
- 91.Amendments
- 92.Power to make supplementary and consequential provision
- 93.Transitional
- 94.Regulations
- 95.Interpretation of Part 4
- Benefit cap
- 96.Benefit cap
- 96A.Benefit cap: review
- 97.Benefit cap: supplementary
- 98.Claims and awards
- 99.Powers to require information relating to claims and awards
- 100.Payments to joint claimants
- 101.Payments on account
- 102.Power to require consideration of revision before appeal
- 103.Supersession of decisions of former appellate bodies
- 104.Electronic communications
- 105.Recovery of benefit payments
- 106.Deduction from earnings: other cases
- 107.Recovery of child benefit and guardian's allowance
- 108.Application of Limitation Act 1980
- 109.Recovery of fines etc by deductions from employment and support allowance
- 110.Powers to require information relating to investigations
- 111.Time limits for legal proceedings
- 112.Prosecution powers of local authorities
- 113.Penalty in respect of benefit fraud not resulting in overpayment
- 114.Amount of penalty
- 115.Period for withdrawal of agreement to pay penalty
- 116.Civil penalties for incorrect statements and failures to disclose information
- 117.Benefit offences: disqualifying and sanctionable benefits
- 118.Benefit offences: period of sanction
- 119.Benefit offences: sanctions for repeated benefit fraud
- 120.Loss of tax credits
- 121.Cautions
- 122.Tax credit fraud: investigation
- 123.Information-sharing for prevention etc of tax credit fraud
- 124.Tax credit fraud: prosecution and penalties
- 125.Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to tax credit offences
- 126.Tax credits: transfer of functions etc
- 127.Information-sharing between Secretary of State and HMRC
- 128.Information-sharing between Secretary of State and DPP
- 129.Unlawful disclosure of information supplied under section 128
- 130.Information-sharing in relation to provision of overnight care etc
- 131.Information-sharing in relation to welfare services etc
- 132.Unlawful disclosure of information supplied under section 131
- 133.Sections 130 to 132: supplementary
- 134.Information-sharing for social security or employment purposes etc
- Tell Us Once
- 135.Functions of registration service
- 136.Supporting maintenance agreements
- 137.Collection of child support maintenance
- 138.Indicative maintenance calculations
- 139.Recovery of child support maintenance by deduction from benefit
- 140.Fees
- 141.Review of fees regulations
- 142.Exclusion from individual voluntary arrangements
- 143.Standards of decision-making
- 144.Use of jobcentres by sex industry
- 145.Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
- 146.UK child poverty strategies
- 147.Repeals
- 148.Financial provision
- 149.Extent
- 150.Commencement
- 151.Short title
- SCHEDULE 1Universal credit: supplementary regulation-making powers
- Entitlement of joint claimants
- 1.Regulations may provide for circumstances in which joint claimants may.
- 2.Regulations may provide for periods of entitlement to universal credit.
- 3.(1) Regulations may provide— (a) for a claim made by.
- 4.(1) Regulations may for any purpose of this Part provide.
- 5.(1) Regulations may for any purpose of this Part specify.
- 6.(1) This paragraph applies in relation to an award of.
- 7.Regulations may provide that a claimant who—
- 8.Regulations may for any purpose of this Part provide for—.
- Children Act 1989 (c. 41)
- 1.In the Children Act 1989, in the following provisions, after.
- 2.In the Child Support Act 1991, in paragraph 5 of.
- 3.The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows.
- 4.In section 1 (entitlement to benefit dependent on claim), in.
- 5.In section 5 (regulations about claims and payments)—
- 6.(1) Section 15A (payment out of benefit of sums in.
- 7.In section 74 (income support and other payments), in subsection.
- 8.In section 74A (payments of benefit where maintenance payments collected.
- 9.In section 78 (recovery of social fund awards), in subsection.
- 10.In section 105 (failure to maintain - general), in subsection.
- 11.In section 106 (recovery of expenditure on benefit from person.
- 12.In section 108 (reduction of expenditure on income support etc).
- 13.In section 109 (diversion of arrested earnings - Scotland), in.
- 14.In section 121DA (interpretation of Part 6), in subsection (1).
- 15.In section 122B (supply of other government information for fraud.
- 16.(1) Section 122F (supply by rent officers of information relating.
- 17.In section 124 (age, death and marriage), in subsection (1)—.
- 18.In section 125 (regulations as to notification of death), in.
- 19.In section 126 (information from personal representatives), in subsection (1).
- 20.In section 130 (duties of employers), in subsection (1), before.
- 21.In section 132 (duties of employers - statutory maternity pay.
- 22.In section 150 (uprating)— (a) in subsection (1) at the.
- 23.After section 159C there is inserted— Effect of alterations affecting.
- 24.After section 160B there is inserted— Implementation of increases in.
- 25.(1) Section 165 (adjustments between National Insurance Fund and Consolidated.
- 26.(1) In section 170 (Social Security Advisory Committee), subsection (5).
- 27.(1) Section 179 (reciprocal agreements) is amended as follows.
- 28.In section 180 (payment of travelling expenses), in paragraphs (a).
- 29.In section 182B (information about postal redirection), in subsection (5)(b).
- 30.In section 187 (inalienability), in subsection (1), before paragraph (a).
- 31.In section 191 (interpretation), in the definition of “benefit”, after.
- 32.The Local Government Finance Act 1992 is amended as follows.
- 33.(1) Schedule 4 is amended as follows.
- 34.In Schedule 8, in paragraph 6— (a) in sub-paragraph (1).
- 35.In section 2 of the Jobseekers Act 1995, in subsection.
- 36.In section 122 of the Housing Act 1996 (rent officers).
- 37.The Education Act 1996 is amended as follows.
- 38.In section 457 (charges and remissions policies) in subsection (4)(b).
- 39.In section 512ZB (provision of free school lunches and milk.
- 40.The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 is amended.
- 41.In section 29 (general interpretation), in the definition of “benefit”.
- 42.In the table in Schedule 2 (calculation of compensation payment).
- 43.The Social Security Act 1998 (decisions and appeals) is amended.
- 44.In section 2 (use of computers), in subsection (2)—
- 45.In section 8 (decisions by Secretary of State)—
- 46.In section 11 (regulations with respect to decisions), in subsection.
- 47.In section 27 (restriction on entitlement in cases of error).
- 48.In section 28(3) (correction of errors in decisions etc)—
- 49.In section 39 (interpretation), in subsection (1), before the definition.
- 50.(1) Schedule 2 (decisions against which no appeal lies) is.
- 51.In Schedule 3 (decisions against which an appeal lies), after.
- 52.The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended as follows.
- 53.In section 97 (provision of support: supplemental), in subsection (5)—.
- 54.In section 115(1) (exclusion from benefits of persons subject to.
- 55.In section 69 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social.
- 56.The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 is amended as follows.
- 57.In section 6A (definitions), in subsection (1), in the definition.
- 58.(1) Section 6B (loss of benefit in case of conviction.
- 59.(1) Section 7 (loss of benefit for second or subsequent.
- 60.(1) Section 8 (effect of offence on joint-claim jobseeker's allowance).
- 61.(1) Section 9 (effect of offence on benefits for members.
- 62.In section 10(3) (power to supplement and mitigate loss of.
- 63.(1) In section 11 (loss of benefit regulations), subsection (3).
- 64.In section 4 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002.
- 65.In Schedule 1 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment.
- Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4)
- 1.The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended.
- 2.In section 22 (earnings factors), in subsections (2)(a) and (5).
- 3.In section 150 (interpretation of Part 10), in subsection (2).
- 4.The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows.
- 5.In section 7 (relationship between benefits), in subsection (3), for.
- 6.In section 73 (overlapping benefits), in subsections (1) and (4)(c).
- 7.In section 159B (effect of alterations affecting state pension credit).
- 8.In section 159D (as inserted by Schedule 2 to this.
- 9.In the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, in section 115.
- 10.The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 is.
- 11.(1) Section 69 (discretionary financial assistance with housing) is amended.
- 12.(1) Section 70 (grants towards cost of discretionary housing payments).
- 13.After section 70 there is inserted— Payment of grant (1) A grant under section 70 shall be made by.
- 14.In Schedule A1 to the Capital Allowances Act 2001 (first-year.
- 15.The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 is amended as follows.
- 16.In section 6B (loss of benefit for conviction etc), in.
- 17.In section 7 (loss of benefit for repeated conviction etc).
- 18.In section 11 (regulations), in subsection (3)(c), for the words.
- 19.The Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 is amended.
- 20.In section 5 (initial functions), in subsection (1), after paragraph.
- 21.In section 44 (payment into Consolidated Fund), in subsection (3).
- 22.The Welfare Reform Act 2007 is amended as follows.
- 23.In section 1 (employment and support allowance), in subsection (3)(d).
- 24.In section 2 (amount of contributory allowance), in subsection (1).
- 25.(1) Section 27 (financial provisions) is amended as follows.
- 26.In each of the following provisions, for “a contributory allowance”.
- 27.The Corporation Tax Act 2009 is amended as follows.
- 28.In section 1059 (relief relating to SME R&D: total amount.
- 29.In section 1108 (relief relating to vaccine research etc: total.
- Part 1 Amendments to State Pension Credit Act 2002
- State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16)
- 1.The State Pension Credit Act 2002 is amended as follows.
- 2.In section 1 (entitlement), in subsection (2)(c), at the end.
- 3.In that section, in subsection (3)— (a) after paragraph (b).
- 4.After section 3 there is inserted— Housing credit (1) The first of the conditions mentioned in section 1(2)(c)(iii).
- 5.In section 7 (fixing of retirement provision for assessed income.
- 6.In section 12 (polygamous marriages), in subsection (2)(b), after “savings.
- 7.In section 17 (interpretation), in subsection (1), after the definition.
- Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)
- 9.The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows.
- 10.In section 5 (regulations about claims and payments) in subsection.
- 11.In section 15A (mortgage interest)— (a) in subsection (1A)—
- 12.(1) Section 122F (supply by rent officers of information) is.
- 13.(1) Section 122 of the Housing Act 1996 (rent officers).
- 14.In section 69 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social.
- General
- 1.(1) In this Schedule “relevant benefit“ means—
- 2.(1) Regulations may make provision as to the amount payable.
- 3.Regulations may provide— (a) in a case where a person.
- 4.Regulations under section 28 (hardship payments) may be made in.
- 5.In section 4 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (amount payable.
- 6.(1) Section 2 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (amount.
- General
- 1.(1) Regulations may make provision for the purposes of, or.
- 2.(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—
- 3.(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—
- 4.(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—
- 5.(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—
- 6.In relation to the replacement of working tax credit and.
- 7.Regulations under paragraph 1(1) may secure the result that any.
- Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18)
- 1.The Jobseekers Act 1995 is amended as follows.
- 2.(1) Section 8 (attendance etc) is amended as follows.
- 3.In section 16(3)(b) and 17(4) (in both places) for “good.
- 4.In section 17A (employment schemes), in subsection (5)(c) for “jobseeker's.
- 5.Section 20 (exemptions from section 19) is amended as follows—.
- 6.Sections 20C and 20D (uncommenced provision relating to sanctions for.
- 7.In section 22 (members of the forces), in subsection (2).
- 8.In section 35 (interpretation), in subsection (1), before the definition.
- 9.In section 36 (regulations and orders), after subsection (1) there.
- 10.(1) Schedule 1 (supplementary) is amended as follows.
- 11.In Schedule 3 to the Social Security Act 1998 (decisions.
- 12.(1) Section 8 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001.
- 13.The Welfare Reform Act 2009 is amended as follows.
- 14.In section 29(1) (victims of domestic violence), in sub-paragraph (3).
- 15.(1) Section 31 (well-being of children) is amended as follows.
- 16.(1) Section 32 (contracting out) is amended as follows.
- 1.The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows.
- 2.In section 78(4) (recovery of funeral payments out of social.
- 3.In section 79 (recovery of Northern Ireland payments), in paragraph.
- 4.In Part 1 of Schedule 4 (persons employed in social.
- Transport Act 1982 (c. 49)
- 1.In section 70 of the Transport Act 1982 (payments in.
- 2.In section 8 of the Child Support Act 1991 (role.
- 3.The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended.
- 4.In section 30B (incapacity benefit: rate), in subsection (4), after.
- 5.(1) Section 64 (entitlement to attendance allowance) is amended as.
- 6.In section 150 (Christmas bonus for pensioners: interpretation), in subsection.
- 7.The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows.
- 8.(1) Section 1 (entitlement to benefit dependent on claim) is.
- 9.In section 5(2) (regulations about claims for and payments of.
- 10.In section 71(11) (overpayments), after paragraph (ac) there is inserted—.
- 11.In section 73 (overlapping benefits - general), after subsection (5).
- 12.In section 121DA (interpretation of Part 6), in subsection (1).
- 13.In section 122B (supply of other government information for fraud.
- 14.In section 122C (supply of information to authorities administering benefit).
- 15.In section 124 (age, death and marriage), in subsection (1).
- 16.In section 125 (regulations as to notification of deaths), in.
- 17.In section 150 (uprating)— (a) in subsection (1), after paragraph.
- 18.In section 159 (effect of alteration in the component rates.
- 19.In section 159A (effect of alteration of rates of a.
- 20.In section 159B (effect of alterations affecting state pension credit).
- 21.In section 159C (effect of alteration of rates of an.
- 22.In section 160 (implementation of increases in income support due.
- 23.In section 160A (implementation of increases in income-based jobseeker's allowance.
- 24.In section 160B (implementation of increases in employment and support.
- 25.In section 165 (adjustments between National Insurance Fund and Consolidated.
- 26.In section 170 (Social Security Advisory Committee), in subsection (5)—.
- 27.(1) Section 179 (reciprocal agreements) is amended as follows.
- 28.In section 180 (payment of travelling expenses), in paragraphs (a).
- 29.In section 182B (information about postal redirection), in subsection (5)(b).
- 30.In section 184 (control of pneumoconiosis), in paragraph (c), for.
- 31.In section 187 (inalienability), in subsection (1), after paragraph (ac).
- 32.In section 191 (interpretation), in the definition of “benefit”, for.
- 33.In Schedule 7 (regulations not requiring prior submission to Social.
- 34.The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 is amended.
- 35.In section 29 (general interpretation), in the definition of “benefit”.
- 36.In Schedule 2 (calculation of compensation payment), in the table—.
- 37.The Social Security Act 1998 is amended as follows.
- 38.In section 2(2) (use of computers), after paragraph (k) (inserted.
- 39.In section 8 (decisions by Secretary of State)—
- 40.In section 11(3) (regulations with respect to decisions), in the.
- 41.In section 27(7) (restriction on entitlement in cases of error).
- 42.In section 28(3) (correction of errors in decisions etc), after.
- 43.In Schedule 3 (decisions against which an appeal lies), in.
- 44.In section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
- 45.The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 is amended as follows.
- 46.In section 6A(1) (definitions)— (a) in the definition of “disqualifying.
- 47.In section 10 (power to supplement and mitigate loss of.
- 48.The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 is amended.
- 49.In section 677 (UK social security benefits wholly exempt from.
- 50.In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (abbreviations of Acts), at.
- General
- 1.(1) Regulations under section 93 may in particular make provision.
- 2.(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—
- 3.(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—
- 4.(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—
- 5.Regulations under section 93— (a) may secure the result that.
- Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (c. 17)
- 1.The Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 is amended as follows.
- 2.(1) Section 4 (appeals to appeal tribunals) is amended as.
- 3.(1) Section 8 (regulations) is amended as follows.
- 4.The Child Support Act 1991 is amended as follows.
- 5.(1) Section 20 (appeals to First-tier Tribunal), as substituted by.
- 6.(1) Section 20 (appeals to First-tier Tribunal), as it has.
- 7.In section 51A (pilot schemes) at the end there is.
- 8.In section 52 (regulations and orders), in subsection (2)(a), after.
- 9.The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 is amended.
- 10.(1) Section 11 (appeals against certificates) is amended as follows.
- 11.(1) Section 30 of that Act (regulations and orders) is.
- 12.Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security.
- 13.(1) Paragraph 6 (housing benefit and council tax benefit: appeal.
- 14.In paragraph 20(4) (regulations subject to affirmative procedure) for “or.
- 15.The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 is amended.
- 16.In section 49(2) (regulations regarding reconsideration) after “and” there is.
- 17.(1) Section 50 (appeals to First-tier Tribunal) is amended as.
- 18.(1) Section 53 (regulations under Part 4) is amended as.
- Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)
- 1.The Child Support Act 1991 is amended as follows.
- 2.(1) Section 17 (decisions superseding earlier decisions) is amended as.
- 3.(1) In Schedule 4C (departure directions), paragraph 2 is amended.
- 4.(1) Section 10 of the Social Security Act 1998 (decisions.
- 5.(1) In Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and.
- Part 1 Establishment of Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
- 1.The Child Poverty Act 2010 is amended as follows.
- 2.For section 8 (and the preceding italic heading) there is.
- 3.For Schedule 1 (Child Poverty Commission) there is substituted— SCHEDULE.
- 4.The Child Poverty Act 2010 is amended as follows.
- 5.In section 6 (persistent poverty target), subsection (6)(b) and the.
- 6.In section 10 (provision of advice and consultation)—
- 7.In section 13 (advice and consultation: Scotland and Northern Ireland)—.
- 8.(1) In the italic heading preceding section 14, for “Reports”.
- 9.(1) Section 15 (statement in relation to target year) is.
- 10.In section 16 (economic and fiscal circumstances), in subsection (1)(b).
- 11.(1) Section 18 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
- 12.In section 28 (regulations and orders), in subsection (5)(b), after.
- 13.(1) Schedule 2 (continuing effect of targets) is amended as.
- 14.In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition.
- 15.In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments.
- 16.(1) In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the House.
- 17.In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of.
- Part 1 Abolition of benefits superseded by universal credit
- Part 2 Entitlement to jobseeker's allowance without seeking employment
- Part 3 Jobseeker's allowance: responsibilities for interim period
- Part 4 Jobseeker's allowance: responsibilities after introduction of universal credit
- Part 5 Employment and support allowance: responsibilities after introduction of universal credit
- Part 6 Claimants dependent on drugs etc
- Part 7 Industrial injuries arising before 5 July 1948
- Part 8 Social fund: ending of discretionary payments
- Part 9 Disability living allowance
- Part 10 Powers to require information relating to claims and awards
- Part 11 Recovery of benefit payments
- Part 12 Loss of benefit: cautions
- Part 13 Information-sharing between Secretary of State and HMRC
- Part 14 Standards of decision-making