Legislation – Welfare Reform Act 2012
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SCHEDULE 8Social fund discretionary payments: consequential amendments
1
The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows.
2
In section 78(4) (recovery of funeral payments out of social fund), after “Payments” there is inserted “
.
out of the social fund
”
3
In section 79 (recovery of Northern Ireland payments), in paragraph (c), for the words from “under subsection” to the end there is substituted “
.
under section 71(8)
”
4
“The social fund Commissioner.
A social fund inspector.
A member of any staff employed in connection with the social fund.”