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Welfare Reform Act 2012

Part 1Universal credit

CHAPTER 1Entitlement and awards

5Financial conditions

6Restrictions on entitlement

Awards

7Basis of awards

8Calculation of awards

Elements of an award

9Standard allowance

10Responsibility for children and young persons

11Housing costs

12Other particular needs or circumstances

CHAPTER 2Claimant responsibilities

Introductory

14Claimant commitment

Work-related requirements

15Work-focused interview requirement

16Work preparation requirement

17Work search requirement

18Work availability requirement

Application of work-related requirements

19Claimants subject to no work-related requirements

20Claimants subject to work-focused interview requirement only

21Claimants subject to work preparation requirement

22Claimants subject to all work-related requirements

23Connected requirements

24Imposition of requirements

25Compliance with requirements

Reduction of benefit

26Higher-level sanctions

27Other sanctions

28Hardship payments

Administration

29Delegation and contracting out

CHAPTER 3Supplementary and general

Supplementary and consequential

30Supplementary regulation-making powers

31Supplementary and consequential amendments

32Power to make supplementary and consequential provision etc

Universal credit and other benefits

33Abolition of benefits

34Universal credit and state pension credit

35Universal credit and working-age benefits

36Migration to universal credit

General

37Capability for work or work-related activity

38Information

39Couples

40Interpretation of Part 1

Regulations

41Pilot schemes

42Regulations: general

43Regulations: procedure

Part 2Working-age benefits

CHAPTER 1Jobseeker’s allowance

Claimant responsibilities for interim period

44Claimant commitment for jobseeker’s allowance

45Interviews

46Sanctions

47Procedure for regulation-making powers

48Consequential amendments

Claimant responsibilities after introduction of universal credit

49Claimant responsibilities for jobseeker’s allowance

CHAPTER 2Employment and support allowance

Conditions of entitlement

50Dual entitlement

51Period of entitlement to contributory allowance

52Further entitlement after time-limiting

53Condition relating to youth

Claimant responsibilities for interim period

54Claimant commitment for employment and support allowance

55Work experience etc

56Hardship payments

Claimant responsibilities after introduction of universal credit

57Claimant responsibilities for employment and support allowance

CHAPTER 3Income support

58Entitlement of lone parents to income support etc

59Claimant commitment for income support

CHAPTER 4Miscellaneous

Claimants dependent on drugs etc

60Claimants dependent on drugs etc

Entitlement to work

61Entitlement to work: jobseeker’s allowance

62Entitlement to work: employment and support allowance

63Entitlement to work: maternity allowance and statutory payments

Part 3Other benefit changes

Industrial injuries benefit

64Injuries arising before 5 July 1948

65Persons under 18

66Trainees

67Restriction on new claims for industrial death benefit

68Determinations

Housing benefit

69Housing benefit: determination of appropriate maximum

Social fund

70Ending of discretionary payments

71Purposes of discretionary payments

72Determination of amount or value of budgeting loan

73External provider social loans and community care grants

State pension credit

74State pension credit: carers

75State pension credit: capital limit

Working tax credit

76Calculation of working tax credit

Part 4Personal independence payment

Personal independence payment

77Personal independence payment

78Daily living component

79Mobility component

80Ability to carry out daily living activities or mobility activities

81Required period condition: further provision

Entitlement and payability: further provision

82Terminal illness

83Persons of pensionable age

84No entitlement to daily living component where UK is not competent state

85Care home residents

86Hospital in-patients

87Prisoners and detainees

Supplementary

88Claims, awards and information

89Report to Parliament

General

90Abolition of disability living allowance

91Amendments

92Power to make supplementary and consequential provision

93Transitional

94Regulations

95Interpretation of Part 4

Part 5Social security: general

Benefit cap

96Benefit cap

96ABenefit cap: review

97Benefit cap: supplementary

Claims and awards

98Claims and awards

99Powers to require information relating to claims and awards

Payments

100Payments to joint claimants

101Payments on account

Appeals

102Power to require consideration of revision before appeal

103Supersession of decisions of former appellate bodies

Electronic communications

104Electronic communications

Recovery of benefits

105Recovery of benefit payments

106Deduction from earnings: other cases

107Recovery of child benefit and guardian’s allowance

108Application of Limitation Act 1980

Recovery of fines from benefit

109Recovery of fines etc by deductions from employment and support allowance

Investigation and prosecution of offences

110Powers to require information relating to investigations

111Time limits for legal proceedings

112Prosecution powers of local authorities

Penalties as alternative to prosecution

113Penalty in respect of benefit fraud not resulting in overpayment

114Amount of penalty

115Period for withdrawal of agreement to pay penalty

Civil penalties

116Civil penalties for incorrect statements and failures to disclose information

Loss of benefit

117Benefit offences: disqualifying and sanctionable benefits

118Benefit offences: period of sanction

119Benefit offences: sanctions for repeated benefit fraud

120Loss of tax credits

121Cautions

Administration of tax credits

122Tax credit fraud: investigation

123Information-sharing for prevention etc of tax credit fraud

124Tax credit fraud: prosecution and penalties

125Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to tax credit offences

126Tax credits: transfer of functions etc

Information-sharing: Secretary of State and HMRC

127Information-sharing between Secretary of State and HMRC

Information-sharing: Secretary of State and DPP

128Information-sharing between Secretary of State and DPP

129Unlawful disclosure of information supplied under section 128

Information-sharing involving local authorities etc

130Information-sharing in relation to provision of overnight care etc

131Information-sharing in relation to welfare services etc

132Unlawful disclosure of information supplied under section 131

133Sections 130 to 132: supplementary

Information-sharing: miscellaneous

134Information-sharing for social security or employment purposes etc

Part 6Miscellaneous

Tell Us Once

135Functions of registration service

Child support maintenance

136Supporting maintenance agreements

137Collection of child support maintenance

138Indicative maintenance calculations

139Recovery of child support maintenance by deduction from benefit

140Fees

141Review of fees regulations

142Exclusion from individual voluntary arrangements

Reports on decision-making

143Standards of decision-making

Employment and training

144Use of jobcentres by sex industry

Child poverty

145Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

146UK child poverty strategies

Part 7Final

147Repeals

148Financial provision

SCHEDULE 1Universal credit: supplementary regulation-making powers

Entitlement of joint claimants

1Regulations may provide for circumstances in which joint claimants may…

Linking periods

2Regulations may provide for periods of entitlement to universal credit…

Couples

3(1) Regulations may provide— (a) for a claim made by…

Calculation of capital and income

4(1) Regulations may for any purpose of this Part provide…

Responsibility for children etc

5(1) Regulations may for any purpose of this Part specify…

Vouchers

6(1) This paragraph applies in relation to an award of…

Work-related requirements

7Regulations may provide that a claimant who—

Good reason

8Regulations may for any purpose of this Part provide for—…

SCHEDULE 2Universal credit: amendments

Children Act 1989 (c. 41)

1In the Children Act 1989, in the following provisions, after…

Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)

2In the Child Support Act 1991, in paragraph 5 of…

Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

3The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows….

4In section 1 (entitlement to benefit dependent on claim), in…

5In section 5 (regulations about claims and payments)—

6(1) Section 15A (payment out of benefit of sums in…

7In section 74 (income support and other payments), in subsection…

8In section 74A (payments of benefit where maintenance payments collected…

9In section 78 (recovery of social fund awards), in subsection…

10In section 105 (failure to maintain – general), in subsection…

11In section 106 (recovery of expenditure on benefit from person…

12In section 108 (reduction of expenditure on income support etc),…

13In section 109 (diversion of arrested earnings – Scotland), in…

14In section 121DA (interpretation of Part 6), in subsection (1),…

15In section 122B (supply of other government information for fraud…

16(1) Section 122F (supply by rent officers of information relating…

17In section 124 (age, death and marriage), in subsection (1)—…

18In section 125 (regulations as to notification of death), in…

19In section 126 (information from personal representatives), in subsection (1),…

20In section 130 (duties of employers), in subsection (1), before…

21In section 132 (duties of employers – statutory maternity pay…

22In section 150 (uprating)— (a) in subsection (1) at the…

23After section 159C there is inserted— Effect of alterations affecting…

24After 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.

28In section 180 (payment of travelling expenses), in paragraphs (a)…

29In section 182B (information about postal redirection), in subsection (5)(b),…

30In section 187 (inalienability), in subsection (1), before paragraph (a)…

31In section 191 (interpretation), in the definition of “benefit”, after…

Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14)

32The Local Government Finance Act 1992 is amended as follows….

33(1) Schedule 4 is amended as follows.

34In Schedule 8, in paragraph 6— (a) in sub-paragraph (1),…

Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18)

35In section 2 of the Jobseekers Act 1995, in subsection…

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

36In section 122 of the Housing Act 1996 (rent officers),…

Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

37The Education Act 1996 is amended as follows.

38In section 457 (charges and remissions policies) in subsection (4)(b),…

39In section 512ZB (provision of free school lunches and milk:…

Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27)

40The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 is amended…

41In section 29 (general interpretation), in the definition of “benefit”,…

42In the table in Schedule 2 (calculation of compensation payment),…

Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)

43The Social Security Act 1998 (decisions and appeals) is amended…

44In section 2 (use of computers), in subsection (2)—

45In section 8 (decisions by Secretary of State)—

46In section 11 (regulations with respect to decisions), in subsection…

47In section 27 (restriction on entitlement in cases of error),…

48In section 28(3) (correction of errors in decisions etc)—

49In section 39 (interpretation), in subsection (1), before the definition…

50(1) Schedule 2 (decisions against which no appeal lies) is…

51In Schedule 3 (decisions against which an appeal lies), after…

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)

52The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended as follows….

53In section 97 (provision of support: supplemental), in subsection (5)—…

54In section 115(1) (exclusion from benefits of persons subject to…

Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19)

55In section 69 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social…

Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11)

56The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 is amended as follows….

57In 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…

62In section 10(3) (power to supplement and mitigate loss of…

63(1) In section 11 (loss of benefit regulations), subsection (3)…

State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16)

64In section 4 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002…

Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5)

65In Schedule 1 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment…

SCHEDULE 3Abolition of benefits: consequential amendments

Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4)

1The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended…

2In section 22 (earnings factors), in subsections (2)(a) and (5),…

3In section 150 (interpretation of Part 10), in subsection (2),…

Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

4The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows….

5In section 7 (relationship between benefits), in subsection (3), for…

6In section 73 (overlapping benefits), in subsections (1) and (4)(c),…

7In section 159B (effect of alterations affecting state pension credit),…

8In section 159D (as inserted by Schedule 2 to this…

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)

9In the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, in section 115…

Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19)

10The 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)…

13After section 70 there is inserted— Payment of grant (1) A grant under section 70 shall be made by…

Capital Allowances Act 2001 (c. 2)

14In Schedule A1 to the Capital Allowances Act 2001 (first-year…

Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11)

15The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 is amended as follows….

16In section 6B (loss of benefit for conviction etc), in…

17In section 7 (loss of benefit for repeated conviction etc),…

18In section 11 (regulations), in subsection (3)(c), for the words…

Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11)

19The Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 is amended…

20In section 5 (initial functions), in subsection (1), after paragraph…

21In section 44 (payment into Consolidated Fund), in subsection (3),…

Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5)

22The Welfare Reform Act 2007 is amended as follows.

23In section 1 (employment and support allowance), in subsection (3)(d),…

24In section 2 (amount of contributory allowance), in subsection (1),…

25(1) Section 27 (financial provisions) is amended as follows.

26In each of the following provisions, for “a contributory allowance”…

Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4)

27The Corporation Tax Act 2009 is amended as follows.

28In section 1059 (relief relating to SME R&D: total amount…

29In section 1108 (relief relating to vaccine research etc: total…

SCHEDULE 4Housing credit element of state pension credit

Part 1Amendments to State Pension Credit Act 2002

State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16)

1The State Pension Credit Act 2002 is amended as follows….

2In section 1 (entitlement), in subsection (2)(c), at the end…

3In that section, in subsection (3)— (a) after paragraph (b)…

4After section 3 there is inserted— Housing credit (1) The first of the conditions mentioned in section 1(2)(c)(iii)…

5In section 7 (fixing of retirement provision for assessed income…

6In section 12 (polygamous marriages), in subsection (2)(b), after “savings…

7In section 17 (interpretation), in subsection (1), after the definition…

Part 2Amendments to other Acts

Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

9The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows….

10In section 5 (regulations about claims and payments) in subsection…

11In section 15A (mortgage interest)— (a) in subsection (1A)—

12(1) Section 122F (supply by rent officers of information) is…

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

13(1) Section 122 of the Housing Act 1996 (rent officers)…

Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19)

14In section 69 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social…

SCHEDULE 5Universal credit and other working-age benefits

General

1(1) In this Schedule “relevant benefit“ means—

Dual entitlement

2(1) Regulations may make provision as to the amount payable…

Movement between working-age benefits

3Regulations may provide— (a) in a case where a person…

Hardship payments

4Regulations under section 28 (hardship payments) may be made in…

Earnings tapers

5In section 4 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (amount payable…

6(1) Section 2 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (amount…

SCHEDULE 6Migration to universal credit

General

1(1) Regulations may make provision for the purposes of, or…

Claims before the appointed day

2(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—

Claims after the appointed day

3(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—

Awards

4(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—

Work-related requirements and sanctions

5(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—

Tax credits

6In relation to the replacement of working tax credit and…

Supplementary

7Regulations under paragraph 1(1) may secure the result that any…

SCHEDULE 7Jobseeker’s allowance in interim period: consequential amendments

Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18)

1The Jobseekers Act 1995 is amended as follows.

2(1) Section 8 (attendance etc) is amended as follows.

3In section 16(3)(b) and 17(4) (in both places) for “good…

4In section 17A (employment schemes), in subsection (5)(c) for “jobseeker’s…

5Section 20 (exemptions from section 19) is amended as follows—…

6Sections 20C and 20D (uncommenced provision relating to sanctions for…

7In section 22 (members of the forces), in subsection (2),…

8In section 35 (interpretation), in subsection (1), before the definition…

9In section 36 (regulations and orders), after subsection (1) there…

10(1) Schedule 1 (supplementary) is amended as follows.

Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)

11In Schedule 3 to the Social Security Act 1998 (decisions…

Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11)

12(1) Section 8 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001…

Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24)

13The Welfare Reform Act 2009 is amended as follows.

14In 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.

SCHEDULE 8Social fund discretionary payments: consequential amendments

1The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows….

2In section 78(4) (recovery of funeral payments out of social…

3In section 79 (recovery of Northern Ireland payments), in paragraph…

4In Part 1 of Schedule 4 (persons employed in social…

SCHEDULE 9Personal independence payment: amendments

Transport Act 1982 (c. 49)

1In section 70 of the Transport Act 1982 (payments in…

Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)

2In section 8 of the Child Support Act 1991 (role…

Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4)

3The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended…

4In section 30B (incapacity benefit: rate), in subsection (4), after…

5(1) Section 64 (entitlement to attendance allowance) is amended as…

6In section 150 (Christmas bonus for pensioners: interpretation), in subsection…

Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

7The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows….

8(1) Section 1 (entitlement to benefit dependent on claim) is…

9In section 5(2) (regulations about claims for and payments of…

10In section 71(11) (overpayments), after paragraph (ac) there is inserted—…

11In section 73 (overlapping benefits – general), after subsection (5)…

12In section 121DA (interpretation of Part 6), in subsection (1),…

13In section 122B (supply of other government information for fraud…

14In section 122C (supply of information to authorities administering benefit),…

15In section 124 (age, death and marriage), in subsection (1),…

16In section 125 (regulations as to notification of deaths), in…

17In section 150 (uprating)— (a) in subsection (1), after paragraph…

18In section 159 (effect of alteration in the component rates…

19In section 159A (effect of alteration of rates of a…

20In section 159B (effect of alterations affecting state pension credit),…

21In section 159C (effect of alteration of rates of an…

22In section 160 (implementation of increases in income support due…

23In section 160A (implementation of increases in income-based jobseeker’s allowance…

24In section 160B (implementation of increases in employment and support…

25In section 165 (adjustments between National Insurance Fund and Consolidated…

26In section 170 (Social Security Advisory Committee), in subsection (5)—…

27(1) Section 179 (reciprocal agreements) is amended as follows.

28In section 180 (payment of travelling expenses), in paragraphs (a)…

29In section 182B (information about postal redirection), in subsection (5)(b),…

30In section 184 (control of pneumoconiosis), in paragraph (c), for…

31In section 187 (inalienability), in subsection (1), after paragraph (ac)…

32In section 191 (interpretation), in the definition of “benefit”, for…

33In Schedule 7 (regulations not requiring prior submission to Social…

Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27)

34The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 is amended…

35In section 29 (general interpretation), in the definition of “benefit”,…

36In Schedule 2 (calculation of compensation payment), in the table—…

Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)

37The Social Security Act 1998 is amended as follows.

38In section 2(2) (use of computers), after paragraph (k) (inserted…

39In section 8 (decisions by Secretary of State)—

40In section 11(3) (regulations with respect to decisions), in the…

41In section 27(7) (restriction on entitlement in cases of error),…

42In section 28(3) (correction of errors in decisions etc), after…

43In Schedule 3 (decisions against which an appeal lies), in…

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)

44In section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999…

Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11)

45The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 is amended as follows….

46In section 6A(1) (definitions)— (a) in the definition of “disqualifying…

47In section 10 (power to supplement and mitigate loss of…

Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1)

48The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 is amended…

49In section 677 (UK social security benefits wholly exempt from…

50In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (abbreviations of Acts), at…

SCHEDULE 10Personal independence payment: transitional

General

1(1) Regulations under section 93 may in particular make provision…

Claims before the appointed day

2(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—

Claims after the appointed day

3(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—

Awards

4(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—

Supplementary

5Regulations under section 93— (a) may secure the result that…

SCHEDULE 11Power to require consideration of revision before appeal

Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (c. 17)

1The 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.

Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)

4The 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…

7In section 51A (pilot schemes) at the end there is…

8In section 52 (regulations and orders), in subsection (2)(a), after…

Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27)

9The 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…

Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19)

12Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security…

13(1) Paragraph 6 (housing benefit and council tax benefit: appeal…

14In paragraph 20(4) (regulations subject to affirmative procedure) for “or…

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6)

15The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 is amended…

16In 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…

SCHEDULE 12Supersession of decisions of former appellate bodies

Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)

1The 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…

Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)

4(1) Section 10 of the Social Security Act 1998 (decisions…

Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19)

5(1) In Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and…

SCHEDULE 13Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

Part 1Establishment of Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

1The Child Poverty Act 2010 is amended as follows.

2For section 8 (and the preceding italic heading) there is…

3For Schedule 1 (Child Poverty Commission) there is substituted— SCHEDULE…

Part 2Supplementary amendments to Child Poverty Act 2010

4The Child Poverty Act 2010 is amended as follows.

5In section 6 (persistent poverty target), subsection (6)(b) and the…

6In section 10 (provision of advice and consultation)—

7In 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…

10In section 16 (economic and fiscal circumstances), in subsection (1)(b),…

11(1) Section 18 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

12In section 28 (regulations and orders), in subsection (5)(b), after…

13(1) Schedule 2 (continuing effect of targets) is amended as…

Part 3Supplementary amendments to other Acts

14In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition…

15In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments…

16(1) In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the House…

17In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of…

SCHEDULE 14Repeals

Part 1Abolition of benefits superseded by universal credit

Part 2Entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance without seeking employment

Part 3Jobseeker’s allowance: responsibilities for interim period

Part 4Jobseeker’s allowance: responsibilities after introduction of universal credit

Part 5Employment and support allowance: responsibilities after introduction of universal credit

Part 6Claimants dependent on drugs etc

Part 7Industrial injuries arising before 5 July 1948

Part 8Social fund: ending of discretionary payments

Part 9Disability living allowance

Part 10Powers to require information relating to claims and awards

Part 11Recovery of benefit payments

Part 12Loss of benefit: cautions

Part 13Information-sharing between Secretary of State and HMRC

Part 14Standards of decision-making

Royal arms

Welfare Reform Act 2012

2012 CHAPTER 5

An Act to make provision for universal credit and personal independence payment; to make other provision about social security and tax credits; to make provision about the functions of the registration service, child support maintenance and the use of jobcentres; to establish the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission and otherwise amend the Child Poverty Act 2010; and for connected purposes.

[8th March 2012]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—