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Dyma’r fersiwn wreiddiol (fel y’i gwnaed yn wreiddiol).
Entitlement to work: employment and support allowance
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67.—(1) The Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (employment and support allowance), in subsection (3), before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)is entitled to be in employment in the United Kingdom,”.
(3) In that section, after subsection (3A) insert—
“(3B) For the purposes of subsection (3)(za), a person is entitled to be in employment in the United Kingdom if, and only if—
(a)the person does not under the Immigration Act 1971 require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, or
(b)the person has been granted such leave and—
(i)the leave is not invalid,
(ii)the leave has not for any reason ceased to have effect, and
(iii)the leave is not subject to a condition preventing the person from accepting any employment.”
(4) In Schedule 2 (supplementary provisions), after paragraph 4A (as inserted by Article 60) insert—
“Entitlement to work in the United Kingdom
4B. Regulations may provide that in prescribed circumstances a person who is not entitled to be in employment in the United Kingdom may nevertheless be entitled to an employment and support allowance.”
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