Legislation – Welfare Reform Act 2012
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Part 5Social security: general
Claims and awards
98Claims and awards
(1)
Section 5(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (regulations about claims and payments) is amended as follows.
(2)
“(i)
the condition that the requirements for entitlement are satisfied at a prescribed time after the making of the award, or
(ii)
other prescribed conditions;”.
(3)
In paragraph (e), for “those requirements“ there is substituted “
.
the conditions referred to in paragraph (d)
”
(4)
In paragraph (g) (claims made on behalf of another), after “applies” there is inserted “
.
(including in particular, in the case of a benefit to be claimed by persons jointly, enabling one person to claim for such persons jointly)
”
(5)
In paragraph (j) (notice of change of circumstances etc), at the end there is inserted “or of any other change of circumstance of a prescribed description”.