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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2E+W+SUniversal credit: amendments

Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11)E+W+S

Prospective

60(1)Section 8 (effect of offence on joint-claim jobseeker's allowance) is amended as follows.E+W+S

(2)In subsection (3)—

(a)for “but” at the end of paragraph (a) there is substituted “ and ”;

(b)after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

(aa)shall be payable in the couple's case as if any amount of the allowance payable in prescribed circumstances were recoverable by the Secretary of State; but.

(3)In subsection (4), after paragraph (c) there is inserted—

(d)any amount of the allowance payable in prescribed circumstances were recoverable by the Secretary of State.

(4)In the opening words to subsections (7) and (8) the words “by virtue of any regulations” are repealed.