Legislation – Welfare Reform Act 2009
Changes to legislation:
Welfare Reform Act 2009, Section 3 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 April 2026. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 3:
- s. 3(1) repealed by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 7 Pt. 1
- s. 3(1) (2) repealed by 2012 c. 5 Sch. 14 Pt. 1
- Sch. 4 para. 9(3)(b) repealed by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 7 Pt. 1
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 4 para. 9(3)(b) repealed by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 7 Pt. 1
Part 1Social security
Revised system of working-age benefits
3Lone parents
(1)
(conditions for income support), after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)
Regulations under paragraph (e) of subsection (1) must secure that a person who—
(a)
is not a member of a couple, and
(b)
is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of F15,
falls within a category of person prescribed under that paragraph.
(1B)
Subsection (1A) does not apply if regulations under subsection (4)(c) of section 1A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 containing the provision mentioned in subsection (5) of that section are in force.”
(2)
In section 2A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)
(work-focused interviews)—
(a)
“(2A)
No requirement may be imposed by virtue of this section on a person who—
(a)
is not a member of a couple, and
(b)
is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of one.
(2B)
For the purposes of subsection (2A)(b) regulations may make provision—
(a)
as to circumstances in which one person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another;
(b)
as to circumstances in which persons are to be treated as being or not being members of the same household.”, and”
(b)
““couple” has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”.
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