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The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2015

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Amendment of the No. 9 Order and cases to which the amendment applies

5.—(1) This article applies in relation to a case where a claim for universal credit, an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance is made or treated as made on or after 21st July 2015.

(2) Where this article applies—

(a)in paragraph 7(e) (other requirements)(1) of Schedule 5 to the No. 9 Order, at the end insert “or, in the case of joint claimants(2), either member of the couple must have such an account”; and

(b)any reference to Schedule 5 to the No. 9 Order in the No. 11 Order, the No. 13 Order, the No. 14 Order, the No. 16 Order, the No. 17 Order or the No. 19 Order is a reference to that Schedule as amended by sub-paragraph (a).

(1)

Paragraph 7(e) was substituted by S.I. 2015/32 (C. 3).

(2)

See section 40 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

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