S. 4(2)(a) repealed (8.5.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 14 Pt. 2

S. 4(3)(4) repealed (8.5.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 14 Pt. 2

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/24/part/1/crossheading/revised-system-of-workingage-benefits/2010-03-22Welfare Reform Act 2009An Act to amend the law relating to social security; to make provision enabling disabled people to be given greater control over the way in which certain public services are provided for them; to amend the law relating to child support; to make provision about the registration of births; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-18Expert Participation2010-03-22Part 1Social securityRevised system of working-age benefits
2Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants1

The Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) is amended as follows.

2

After section 2C insert—

2DWork-related activity1

Regulations may make provision for or in connection with imposing on a person who—

a

is entitled to income support, and

b

is not a lone parent of a child under the age of 3,

a requirement to undertake work-related activity in accordance with regulations as a condition of continuing to be entitled to the full amount of income support payable apart from the regulations.

2

Regulations may make provision for or in connection with imposing on a person (“P”) who—

a

is under pensionable age, and

b

is a member of a couple the other member of which (“C”) is entitled to a benefit to which subsection (3) applies at a higher rate referable to P,

a requirement to undertake work-related activity in accordance with regulations as a condition of the benefit continuing to be payable to C at that rate.

3

The benefits to which this subsection applies are—

a

income support;

b

an income-based jobseeker's allowance other than a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance; and

c

an income-related employment and support allowance.

4

Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision—

a

prescribing circumstances in which a person is to be subject to any requirement imposed by the regulations (a “relevant requirement”);

b

for notifying a person of a relevant requirement;

c

prescribing the time or times at which a person who is subject to a relevant requirement is required to undertake work-related activity and the amount of work-related activity the person is required at any time to undertake;

d

prescribing circumstances in which a person who is subject to a relevant requirement is, or is not, to be regarded as undertaking work-related activity;

e

in a case where C is a member of more than one couple, for determining which of the members of the couples is to be subject to a relevant requirement or requiring each of them to be subject to a relevant requirement;

f

for securing that the appropriate consequence follows if —

i

a person who is subject to a relevant requirement has failed to comply with the requirement, and

ii

it is not shown, within a prescribed period, that the person had good cause for that failure;

g

prescribing the evidence which a person who is subject to a relevant requirement needs to provide in order to show compliance with the requirement;

h

prescribing matters which are, or are not, to be taken into account in determining whether a person had good cause for any failure to comply with a relevant requirement;

i

prescribing circumstances in which a person is, or is not, to be regarded as having good cause for any such failure.

5

For the purposes of subsection (4)(f) the appropriate consequence is that the amount of the benefit payable is to be reduced by the prescribed amount until the prescribed time.

6

Regulations under subsection (5) may, in relation to any such reduction, provide—

a

for the amount of the reduction to be calculated in the first instance by reference to such amount as may be prescribed;

b

for the amount as so calculated to be restricted, in prescribed circumstances, to the prescribed extent.

7

Regulations under this section may include provision that in such circumstances as the regulations may provide a person's obligation under the regulations to undertake work-related activity at a particular time is not to apply, or is to be treated as not having applied.

8

Regulations under this section must include provision for securing that lone parents are entitled (subject to meeting any prescribed conditions) to restrict the times at which they are required to undertake work-related activity.

9

For the purposes of this section and sections 2E and 2F—

a

couple” has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

b

lone parent” means a person who—

i

is not a member of a couple, and

ii

is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child;

c

prescribed” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations;

d

work-related activity”, in relation to a person, means activity which makes it more likely that the person will obtain or remain in work or be able to do so;

e

any reference to a person attaining pensionable age is, in the case of a man born before 6 April 1955, a reference to the time when a woman born on the same day as the man would attain pensionable age;

f

any reference to a benefit payable to C at a higher rate referable to P is a reference to any case where the amount payable is more than it would be if C and P were not members of the same couple.

10

For the purposes of this section 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.

11

Information supplied in pursuance of regulations under this section is to be taken for all purposes to be information relating to social security.

2EAction plans in connection with work-focused interviews1

The Secretary of State must in prescribed circumstances provide a document (referred to in this section as an “action plan”) prepared for such purposes as may be prescribed to a person who is subject to a requirement imposed under section 2A or 2AA in relation to any of the following benefits.

2

The benefits are—

a

income support;

b

an income-based jobseeker's allowance other than a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance; and

c

an income-related employment and support allowance.

3

Regulations may make provision about—

a

the form of action plans;

b

the content of action plans;

c

the review and updating of action plans.

4

Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision for action plans which are provided to a person who is subject under section 2D to a requirement to undertake work-related activity to contain particulars of activity which, if undertaken, would enable the requirement to be met.

5

Regulations may make provision for reconsideration of an action plan at the request of the person to whom it is provided and may, in particular, make provision about—

a

the circumstances in which reconsideration may be requested;

b

the period within which any reconsideration must take place;

c

the matters to which regard must be had when deciding on reconsideration whether the plan should be changed;

d

notification of the decision on reconsideration;

e

the giving of directions for the purpose of giving effect to the decision on reconsideration.

6

In preparing any action plan, the Secretary of State must have regard (so far as practicable) to its impact on the well-being of any person under the age of 16 who may be affected by it.

2FDirections about work-related activity1

In prescribed circumstances, the Secretary of State may by direction given to a person subject to a requirement imposed under section 2D provide that the activity specified in the direction is—

a

to be the only activity which, in the person's case, is to be regarded as being work-related activity; or

b

to be regarded, in the person's case, as not being work-related activity.

2

But a direction under subsection (1) may not specify medical or surgical treatment as the only activity which, in any person's case, is to be regarded as being work-related activity.

3

A direction under subsection (1) given to any person—

a

must be reasonable, having regard to the person's circumstances;

b

must be given to the person by being included in an action plan provided to the person under section 2E; and

c

may be varied or revoked by a subsequent direction under subsection (1).

4

Where a direction under subsection (1) varies or revokes a previous direction, it may provide for the variation or revocation to have effect from a time before the giving of the direction.

2GContracting-out1

The following functions of the Secretary of State may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as the Secretary of State may authorise for the purpose, namely—

a

conducting interviews under section 2A or 2AA;

b

providing documents under section 2E;

c

giving, varying or revoking directions under section 2F.

2

Regulations may provide for any of the following functions of the Secretary of State to be exercisable by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as the Secretary of State may authorise for the purpose—

a

any function under regulations under any of sections 2A to 2F, except the making of an excluded decision (see subsection (3));

b

the function under section 9(1) of the 1998 Act (revision of decisions) so far as relating to decisions (other than excluded decisions) that relate to any matter arising under regulations under any of sections 2A to 2F;

c

the function under section 10(1) of the 1998 Act (superseding of decisions) so far as relating to decisions (other than excluded decisions) of the Secretary of State that relate to any matter arising under regulations under any of sections 2A to 2F;

d

any function under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the 1998 Act (social security decisions), except section 25(2) and (3) (decisions involving issues arising on appeal in other cases), which relates to the exercise of any of the functions within paragraphs (a) to (c).

3

Each of the following is an “excluded decision” for the purposes of subsection (2)—

a

a decision about whether a person has failed to comply with a requirement imposed by regulations under section 2A, 2AA or 2D;

b

a decision about whether a person had good cause for failure to comply with such a requirement;

c

a decision about the reduction of a benefit in consequence of a failure to comply with such a requirement.

4

Regulations under subsection (2) may provide that a function to which that subsection applies may be exercised—

a

either wholly or to such extent as the regulations may provide,

b

either generally or in such cases as the regulations may provide, and

c

either unconditionally or subject to the fulfilment of such conditions as the regulations may provide.

5

An authorisation given by virtue of any provision made by or under this section may authorise the exercise of the function concerned—

a

either wholly or to such extent as may be specified in the authorisation,

b

either generally or in such cases as may be so specified, and

c

either unconditionally or subject to the fulfilment of such conditions as may be so specified;

but, in the case of an authorisation given by virtue of regulations under subsection (2), this subsection is subject to the regulations.

6

An authorisation given by virtue of any provision made by or under this section—

a

may specify its duration,

b

may be revoked at any time by the Secretary of State, and

c

does not prevent the Secretary of State or any other person from exercising the function to which the authorisation relates.

7

Anything done or omitted to be done by or in relation to an authorised person (or an employee of that person) in, or in connection with, the exercise or purported exercise of the function concerned is to be treated for all purposes as done or omitted to be done by or in relation to the Secretary of State.

8

But subsection (7) does not apply—

a

for the purposes of so much of any contract made between the authorised person and the Secretary of State as relates to the exercise of the function, or

b

for the purposes of any criminal proceedings brought in respect of anything done by the authorised person (or an employee of that person).

9

Any decision which an authorised person makes in exercise of the function concerned has effect as a decision of the Secretary of State under section 8 of the 1998 Act.

10

Where—

a

the authorisation of an authorised person is revoked at any time, and

b

at the time of the revocation so much of any contract made between the authorised person and the Secretary of State as relates to the exercise of the function is subsisting,

the authorised person is entitled to treat the contract as repudiated by the Secretary of State (and not as frustrated by reason of the revocation).

11

In this section—

a

the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998;

b

authorised person” means a person authorised to exercise any function by virtue of any provision made by or under this section;

c

references to functions of the Secretary of State under any enactment (including one comprised in regulations) include functions which the Secretary of State has by virtue of the application of section 8(1)(c) of the 1998 Act in relation to the enactment.

2HGood cause for failure to comply with regulations1

This section applies to any regulations made under section 2A, 2AA or 2D that prescribe matters to be taken into account in determining whether a person has good cause for any failure to comply with the regulations.

2

The provision made by the regulations prescribing those matters must include provision relating to—

a

the person's physical or mental health or condition;

b

the availability of childcare.

3

In the italic heading before section 2A, insert and work-related activity.

4

In section 189(7A) (regulations which may make provision only in relation to specified areas), for “2C” substitute “ 2F ”.

5

In section 72(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) (supply of information for certain purposes), for paragraphs (a) and (aa) substitute—

a

any of sections 2A to 2F and 7A of the Administration Act,

.

3Lone parents1

In section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (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 7,

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

after subsection (2) insert—

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

in subsection (8), after “In this section—” insert—

couple” has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

.

3

In section 12 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) (employment and support allowance: work-focused interviews), in subsection (1)(b), at the end insert “ or a lone parent of a child under the age of one ”.

4

In section 13 of that Act (employment and support allowance: work-related activity)—

a

in subsection (1), after “section 12(1)” insert “ , and who is not a lone parent of a child under the age of 3, ”, and

b

after subsection (6) insert—

6A

Regulations under this section shall include provision for securing that lone parents are entitled (subject to meeting any prescribed conditions) to restrict the times at which they are required to undertake work-related activity.

5

In section 24 of that Act (interpretation of Part 1), after subsection (3) insert—

3A

For the purposes of this Part, a person is a lone parent if the person—

a

is not a member of a couple (within the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act), and

b

is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a person under the age of 16.

3B

For the purposes of subsection (3A)(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.

4Entitlement to jobseeker's allowance without seeking employment etc.1

The Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18) is amended as follows.

2

In section 1 (the jobseeker's allowance)—

a

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b

in subsection (4), for the definition of “a joint-claim couple” substitute—

a joint-claim couple” means a couple other than a couple of a prescribed description;

.

3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5Couples where at least one member capable of work1

In section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (conditions for income support)—

a

in subsection (1), after paragraph (g) (but before the “and” at the end of it) insert—

ga

except in such circumstances as may be prescribed, if he is a member of a couple, the other member of the couple has limited capability for work;

,

b

after subsection (6) insert—

6A

The question whether a person has, or does not have, limited capability for work shall be determined for the purposes of this section in accordance with the provisions of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance).

6B

References in that Part to the purposes of that Part shall be construed, where the provisions of that Part have effect for the purposes of this section, as references to the purposes of this section.

, and

c

in subsection (7), for “Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance)” substitute “ that Part ”.

2

In paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) (conditions for income-related employment and support allowance)—

a

in sub-paragraph (1), after paragraph (d) insert—

da

is not a member of a couple the other member of which does not have limited capability for work;”, and

b

after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

2A

Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which sub-paragraph (1)(da) does not apply.

6Statutory sick pay and employment and support allowance

In section 20 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (relationship of employment and support allowance with statutory sick pay and other statutory payments), for subsection (1) substitute—

1

A person—

a

is not entitled to a contributory allowance in respect of a day, and

b

except as regulations may provide, is not entitled to an income-related allowance in respect of a day,

if, for the purposes of statutory sick pay, that day is a day of incapacity for work in relation to a contract of service and falls within a period of entitlement (whether or not it is a qualifying day).

7Transitional provision relating to sections 4 to 61

The Secretary of State may by regulations make such provision as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of, or in connection with, the transition of persons to—

a

income-based jobseeker's allowance, or

b

income-related employment and support allowance,

by virtue of any provision of sections 4 to 6.

2

Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision—

a

for the termination or cancellation of awards of income support or income-related employment and support allowance;

b

for a person whose award of income support or income-related employment and support allowance has been terminated or cancelled under regulations made by virtue of paragraph (a) to be treated as having been awarded a transitional allowance;

c

for any such award of a transitional allowance to be—

i

of such a kind,

ii

for such period,

iii

of such an amount, and

iv

subject to such conditions,

as may be determined in accordance with the regulations;

d

for a person's continuing entitlement to a transitional allowance to be determined by reference to such provision as may be made by the regulations;

e

for the termination of an award of a transitional allowance;

f

for the review of an award of a transitional allowance;

g

that—

i

days which were days of entitlement to income support or income-related employment and support allowance, and

ii

such other days as may be specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations,

are to be treated as having been days during which a person was, or would have been, entitled to an income-based jobseeker's allowance or income-related employment and support allowance.

3

Subsections (3) to (5) of section 175 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (supplementary provisions in relation to powers to make subordinate legislation under that Act) apply in relation to the power to make regulations under this section as they apply to any power to make regulations under that Act.

4

The power to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory instrument.

5

A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

6

In this section—

income-based jobseeker's allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18);

income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) (employment and support allowance);

transitional allowance” means an income-based jobseeker's allowance or income-related employment and support allowance.

8Parliamentary procedure: regulations imposing work-related activity requirements on lone parents of children under 71

This section applies to regulations made under any relevant provision which impose a requirement on any lone parent of a child under the age of 7 to undertake work-related activity (within the meaning of the regulations).

2

In subsection (1) “relevant provision” means—

a

section 2D(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5),

b

section 18B of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), or

c

section 13 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5).

3

A statutory instrument containing regulations to which this section applies (whether alone or with other provision) may not be made at any time during the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which this Act is passed unless a draft of the statutory instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

4

If subsection (3) applies to any regulations, any provision of an Act under which a statutory instrument containing the regulations would be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament does not apply.

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<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/24/section/4/2/a">S. 4(2)(a)</ref>
repealed (8.5.2012) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/5">Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/5/section/150/3">s. 150(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/5/schedule/14/part/2">Sch. 14 Pt. 2</ref>
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<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/24/section/4/3">S. 4(3)</ref>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/24/section/4/4">(4)</ref>
repealed (8.5.2012) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/5">Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/5/section/150/3">s. 150(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/5/schedule/14/part/2">Sch. 14 Pt. 2</ref>
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<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations under this section must include provision for securing that lone parents are entitled (subject to meeting any prescribed conditions) to restrict the times at which they are required to undertake work-related activity.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e332">
<num>9</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this section and sections 2E and 2F—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e338">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-couple">couple</term>
” has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e347">
<num>b</num>
<intro>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-lone-parent">lone parent</term>
” means a person who—
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="d5e356">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>is not a member of a couple, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="d5e362">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e368">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-prescribed">prescribed</term>
” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e377">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-work-related-activity">work-related activity</term>
”, in relation to a person, means activity which makes it more likely that the person will obtain or remain in work or be able to do so;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e386">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>any reference to a person attaining pensionable age is, in the case of a man born before 6 April 1955, a reference to the time when a woman born on the same day as the man would attain pensionable age;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e392">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>any reference to a benefit payable to C at a higher rate referable to P is a reference to any case where the amount payable is more than it would be if C and P were not members of the same couple.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e398">
<num>10</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this section regulations may make provision—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e404">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>as to circumstances in which one person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e410">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>as to circumstances in which persons are to be treated as being or not being members of the same household.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e416">
<num>11</num>
<content>
<p>Information supplied in pursuance of regulations under this section is to be taken for all purposes to be information relating to social security.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="d5e425">
<num>2E</num>
<heading>Action plans in connection with work-focused interviews</heading>
<subsection eId="d5e429">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
The Secretary of State must in prescribed circumstances provide a document (referred to in this section as an “
<term refersTo="#term-action-plan">action plan</term>
”) prepared for such purposes as may be prescribed to a person who is subject to a requirement imposed under section 2A or 2AA in relation to any of the following benefits.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e438">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The benefits are—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e444">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>income support;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e450">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>an income-based jobseeker's allowance other than a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e456">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>an income-related employment and support allowance.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e462">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations may make provision about—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e468">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the form of action plans;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e474">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the content of action plans;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e480">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the review and updating of action plans.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e486">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision for action plans which are provided to a person who is subject under section 2D to a requirement to undertake work-related activity to contain particulars of activity which, if undertaken, would enable the requirement to be met.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e492">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations may make provision for reconsideration of an action plan at the request of the person to whom it is provided and may, in particular, make provision about—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e498">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the circumstances in which reconsideration may be requested;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e504">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the period within which any reconsideration must take place;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e510">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the matters to which regard must be had when deciding on reconsideration whether the plan should be changed;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e516">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>notification of the decision on reconsideration;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e522">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>the giving of directions for the purpose of giving effect to the decision on reconsideration.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e528">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>In preparing any action plan, the Secretary of State must have regard (so far as practicable) to its impact on the well-being of any person under the age of 16 who may be affected by it.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="d5e537">
<num>2F</num>
<heading>Directions about work-related activity</heading>
<subsection eId="d5e541">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>In prescribed circumstances, the Secretary of State may by direction given to a person subject to a requirement imposed under section 2D provide that the activity specified in the direction is—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e547">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>to be the only activity which, in the person's case, is to be regarded as being work-related activity; or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e553">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>to be regarded, in the person's case, as not being work-related activity.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e559">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>But a direction under subsection (1) may not specify medical or surgical treatment as the only activity which, in any person's case, is to be regarded as being work-related activity.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e565">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>A direction under subsection (1) given to any person—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e571">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>must be reasonable, having regard to the person's circumstances;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e577">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>must be given to the person by being included in an action plan provided to the person under section 2E; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e583">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>may be varied or revoked by a subsequent direction under subsection (1).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e589">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Where a direction under subsection (1) varies or revokes a previous direction, it may provide for the variation or revocation to have effect from a time before the giving of the direction.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="d5e598">
<num>2G</num>
<heading>Contracting-out</heading>
<subsection eId="d5e602">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The following functions of the Secretary of State may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as the Secretary of State may authorise for the purpose, namely—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e608">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>conducting interviews under section 2A or 2AA;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e614">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>providing documents under section 2E;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e620">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>giving, varying or revoking directions under section 2F.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e626">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations may provide for any of the following functions of the Secretary of State to be exercisable by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as the Secretary of State may authorise for the purpose—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e632">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>any function under regulations under any of sections 2A to 2F, except the making of an excluded decision (see subsection (3));</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e638">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the function under section 9(1) of the 1998 Act (revision of decisions) so far as relating to decisions (other than excluded decisions) that relate to any matter arising under regulations under any of sections 2A to 2F;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e644">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the function under section 10(1) of the 1998 Act (superseding of decisions) so far as relating to decisions (other than excluded decisions) of the Secretary of State that relate to any matter arising under regulations under any of sections 2A to 2F;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e650">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>any function under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the 1998 Act (social security decisions), except section 25(2) and (3) (decisions involving issues arising on appeal in other cases), which relates to the exercise of any of the functions within paragraphs (a) to (c).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e656">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>
Each of the following is an “
<term refersTo="#term-excluded-decision">excluded decision</term>
” for the purposes of subsection (2)—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e665">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a decision about whether a person has failed to comply with a requirement imposed by regulations under section 2A, 2AA or 2D;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e671">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a decision about whether a person had good cause for failure to comply with such a requirement;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e677">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>a decision about the reduction of a benefit in consequence of a failure to comply with such a requirement.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e683">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations under subsection (2) may provide that a function to which that subsection applies may be exercised—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e689">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>either wholly or to such extent as the regulations may provide,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e695">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>either generally or in such cases as the regulations may provide, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e701">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>either unconditionally or subject to the fulfilment of such conditions as the regulations may provide.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e707">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>An authorisation given by virtue of any provision made by or under this section may authorise the exercise of the function concerned—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e713">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>either wholly or to such extent as may be specified in the authorisation,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e719">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>either generally or in such cases as may be so specified, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e725">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>either unconditionally or subject to the fulfilment of such conditions as may be so specified;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>but, in the case of an authorisation given by virtue of regulations under subsection (2), this subsection is subject to the regulations.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e733">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>An authorisation given by virtue of any provision made by or under this section—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e739">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>may specify its duration,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e745">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>may be revoked at any time by the Secretary of State, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e751">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>does not prevent the Secretary of State or any other person from exercising the function to which the authorisation relates.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e757">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>Anything done or omitted to be done by or in relation to an authorised person (or an employee of that person) in, or in connection with, the exercise or purported exercise of the function concerned is to be treated for all purposes as done or omitted to be done by or in relation to the Secretary of State.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e763">
<num>8</num>
<intro>
<p>But subsection (7) does not apply—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e769">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>for the purposes of so much of any contract made between the authorised person and the Secretary of State as relates to the exercise of the function, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e775">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>for the purposes of any criminal proceedings brought in respect of anything done by the authorised person (or an employee of that person).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e781">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>Any decision which an authorised person makes in exercise of the function concerned has effect as a decision of the Secretary of State under section 8 of the 1998 Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e787">
<num>10</num>
<intro>
<p>Where—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e793">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the authorisation of an authorised person is revoked at any time, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e799">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>at the time of the revocation so much of any contract made between the authorised person and the Secretary of State as relates to the exercise of the function is subsisting,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the authorised person is entitled to treat the contract as repudiated by the Secretary of State (and not as frustrated by reason of the revocation).</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e807">
<num>11</num>
<intro>
<p>In this section—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e813">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-the-1998-act">the 1998 Act</term>
” means the Social Security Act 1998;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e822">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-authorised-person">authorised person</term>
” means a person authorised to exercise any function by virtue of any provision made by or under this section;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e831">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>references to functions of the Secretary of State under any enactment (including one comprised in regulations) include functions which the Secretary of State has by virtue of the application of section 8(1)(c) of the 1998 Act in relation to the enactment.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="d5e840">
<num>2H</num>
<heading>Good cause for failure to comply with regulations</heading>
<subsection eId="d5e844">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>This section applies to any regulations made under section 2A, 2AA or 2D that prescribe matters to be taken into account in determining whether a person has good cause for any failure to comply with the regulations.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e850">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The provision made by the regulations prescribing those matters must include provision relating to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e856">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the person's physical or mental health or condition;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e862">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the availability of childcare.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-2-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
In the italic heading before section 2A, insert
<mod>
<quotedText>
<em>and work-related activity</em>
</quotedText>
</mod>
.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-2-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>
In section 189(7A) (regulations which may make provision only in relation to specified areas), for “2C” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ 2F ”</quotedText>
</mod>
.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-2-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>In section 72(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) (supply of information for certain purposes), for paragraphs (a) and (aa) substitute—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<paragraph eId="d5e896">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>any of sections 2A to 2F and 7A of the Administration Act,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-3" period="#period9">
<num>3</num>
<heading>Lone parents</heading>
<subsection eId="section-3-1" period="#period3">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>In section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (conditions for income support), after subsection (1) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d5e918">
<num>1A</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations under paragraph (e) of subsection (1) must secure that a person who—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e924">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>is not a member of a couple, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e930">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of 7,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>falls within a category of person prescribed under that paragraph.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e938">
<num>1B</num>
<content>
<p>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.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-2" period="#period1">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In section 2A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) (work-focused interviews)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-3-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>after subsection (2) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d5e957">
<num>2A</num>
<intro>
<p>No requirement may be imposed by virtue of this section on a person who—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e963">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>is not a member of a couple, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e969">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of one.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e975">
<num>2B</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of subsection (2A)(b) regulations may make provision—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e981">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>as to circumstances in which one person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e987">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>as to circumstances in which persons are to be treated as being or not being members of the same household.”, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-3-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in subsection (8), after “In this section—” insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-couple">couple</term>
” has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
</p>
</blockContainer>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-3" period="#period2">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
In section 12 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) (employment and support allowance: work-focused interviews), in subsection (1)(b), at the end insert
<mod>
<quotedText>“ or a lone parent of a child under the age of one ”</quotedText>
</mod>
.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-4" period="#period4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>In section 13 of that Act (employment and support allowance: work-related activity)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-3-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
in subsection (1), after “section 12(1)” insert
<mod>
<quotedText>“ , and who is not a lone parent of a child under the age of 3, ”</quotedText>
</mod>
, and
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-3-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>after subsection (6) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d5e1041">
<num>6A</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations under this section shall include provision for securing that lone parents are entitled (subject to meeting any prescribed conditions) to restrict the times at which they are required to undertake work-related activity.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-5" period="#period1">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>In section 24 of that Act (interpretation of Part 1), after subsection (3) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d5e1054">
<num>3A</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this Part, a person is a lone parent if the person—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e1060">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>is not a member of a couple (within the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act), and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e1066">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a person under the age of 16.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e1072">
<num>3B</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of subsection (3A)(b) regulations may make provision—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e1078">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>as to circumstances in which one person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e1084">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>as to circumstances in which persons are to be treated as being or not being members of the same household.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-4" class="prospective">
<num>4</num>
<heading>
Entitlement to jobseeker's allowance without seeking employment
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-4-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18) is amended as follows.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In section 1 (the jobseeker's allowance)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-4-2-a">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-3b7df692fe6a5031fdb9a6ac1b657816" marker="F1" class="commentary F"/>
a
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-4-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in subsection (4), for the definition of “a joint-claim couple” substitute—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-a-joint-claim-couple">a joint-claim couple</term>
” means a couple other than a couple of a prescribed description;
</p>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-3">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-41aef8e26c290223106454dd626aef03" marker="F2" class="commentary F"/>
3
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-4">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-41aef8e26c290223106454dd626aef03" marker="F2" class="commentary F"/>
4
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-5" class="prospective">
<num>5</num>
<heading>Couples where at least one member capable of work</heading>
<subsection eId="section-5-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>In section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (conditions for income support)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-5-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in subsection (1), after paragraph (g) (but before the “and” at the end of it) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<paragraph eId="d5e1167">
<num>ga</num>
<content>
<p>except in such circumstances as may be prescribed, if he is a member of a couple, the other member of the couple has limited capability for work;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">,</inline>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-5-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>after subsection (6) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d5e1182">
<num>6A</num>
<content>
<p>The question whether a person has, or does not have, limited capability for work shall be determined for the purposes of this section in accordance with the provisions of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d5e1188">
<num>6B</num>
<content>
<p>References in that Part to the purposes of that Part shall be construed, where the provisions of that Part have effect for the purposes of this section, as references to the purposes of this section.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">, and</inline>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-5-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
in subsection (7), for “Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance)” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ that Part ”</quotedText>
</mod>
.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) (conditions for income-related employment and support allowance)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-5-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in sub-paragraph (1), after paragraph (d) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<paragraph eId="d5e1218">
<num>da</num>
<content>
<p>is not a member of a couple the other member of which does not have limited capability for work;”, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-5-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>after sub-paragraph (2) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d5e1231">
<num>2A</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which sub-paragraph (1)(da) does not apply.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-6" class="prospective">
<num>6</num>
<heading>Statutory sick pay and employment and support allowance</heading>
<content>
<p>In section 20 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (relationship of employment and support allowance with statutory sick pay and other statutory payments), for subsection (1) substitute—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d5e1247">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A person—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d5e1253">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>is not entitled to a contributory allowance in respect of a day, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d5e1259">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>except as regulations may provide, is not entitled to an income-related allowance in respect of a day,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>if, for the purposes of statutory sick pay, that day is a day of incapacity for work in relation to a contract of service and falls within a period of entitlement (whether or not it is a qualifying day).</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-7" class="prospective">
<num>7</num>
<heading>Transitional provision relating to sections 4 to 6</heading>
<subsection eId="section-7-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Secretary of State may by regulations make such provision as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of, or in connection with, the transition of persons to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-7-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>income-based jobseeker's allowance, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>income-related employment and support allowance,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>by virtue of any provision of sections 4 to 6.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-7-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>for the termination or cancellation of awards of income support or income-related employment and support allowance;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>for a person whose award of income support or income-related employment and support allowance has been terminated or cancelled under regulations made by virtue of paragraph (a) to be treated as having been awarded a transitional allowance;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<intro>
<p>for any such award of a transitional allowance to be—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-7-2-c-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>of such a kind,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-7-2-c-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>for such period,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-7-2-c-iii">
<num>iii</num>
<content>
<p>of such an amount, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-7-2-c-iv">
<num>iv</num>
<content>
<p>subject to such conditions,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>as may be determined in accordance with the regulations;</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>for a person's continuing entitlement to a transitional allowance to be determined by reference to such provision as may be made by the regulations;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-2-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>for the termination of an award of a transitional allowance;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-2-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>for the review of an award of a transitional allowance;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-2-g">
<num>g</num>
<intro>
<p>that—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-7-2-g-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>days which were days of entitlement to income support or income-related employment and support allowance, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-7-2-g-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>such other days as may be specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>are to be treated as having been days during which a person was, or would have been, entitled to an income-based jobseeker's allowance or income-related employment and support allowance.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Subsections (3) to (5) of section 175 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (supplementary provisions in relation to powers to make subordinate legislation under that Act) apply in relation to the power to make regulations under this section as they apply to any power to make regulations under that Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The power to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory instrument.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>In this section—</p>
<blockList class="unordered">
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-income-based-jobseekers-allowance">income-based jobseeker's allowance</term>
” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-income-related-employment-and-support-allowance">income-related employment and support allowance</term>
” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) (employment and support allowance);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-transitional-allowance">transitional allowance</term>
” means an income-based jobseeker's allowance or income-related employment and support allowance.
</p>
</item>
</blockList>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-8" period="#period7">
<num>8</num>
<heading>Parliamentary procedure: regulations imposing work-related activity requirements on lone parents of children under 7</heading>
<subsection eId="section-8-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>This section applies to regulations made under any relevant provision which impose a requirement on any lone parent of a child under the age of 7 to undertake work-related activity (within the meaning of the regulations).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>
In subsection (1) “
<term refersTo="#term-relevant-provision">relevant provision</term>
” means—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-8-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>section 2D(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5),</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>section 18B of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>section 13 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>A statutory instrument containing regulations to which this section applies (whether alone or with other provision) may not be made at any time during the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which this Act is passed unless a draft of the statutory instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>If subsection (3) applies to any regulations, any provision of an Act under which a statutory instrument containing the regulations would be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament does not apply.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
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