Welfare Reform Act 2009

Section 9

Schedule 2 Abolition of income support: consequential amendments

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

1 In sections 89(2A) and 90(3A) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (transfer of fine order), for “income support” substitute “jobseeker’s allowance etc”.

Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)

2 In section 24 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (recovery of fines etc. by deductions from income support), in the title, for “income support” substitute “jobseeker’s allowance etc”.

Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

3 In section 74 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (income support and other payments), in the title, for “Income support” substitute “Income-based jobseeker’s allowance”.

Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14)

4 In paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (enforcement: relationship between remedies)—

(a) in paragraph (b), for “income support” substitute “jobseeker’s allowance payable to any person whose claim to the allowance is based on meeting condition B in section 1A of the Jobseekers Act 1995”, and

(b) in paragraph (d), for “income support” substitute “jobseeker’s allowance payable as mentioned in paragraph (b)”.

Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18)

5 The Jobseekers Act 1995 is amended as follows.

6 In section 2(1) (the contribution-based conditions), at the end of paragraph (b) insert “and”.

7 In section 3A(1)(c) (the conditions for claims by joint-claim couples), for “any such family” substitute “a family of which the couple are members”.

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)

8 In section 97(5) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (persons for whom support may be provided: supplemental), for paragraph (a) (together with the “or” at the end of it) substitute—

“(a) to such portion of the applicable amount in respect of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance provided under section 4 of the Jobseekers Act 1995, or”.

Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11)

9 The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 is amended as follows.

10 In section 6B(5) (loss of benefit in case of conviction, penalty or caution for benefit offence), which is inserted by section 24 of this Act, for “subsections (6)” substitute “subsections (7)”.

11 In section 7(2) (loss of benefit for commission of benefit offences), for “subsections (3)” substitute “subsections (4)”.

Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)

12 The Courts Act 2003 is amended as follows.

13 In paragraph 10(a) of Schedule 5 (applications for benefit deductions), for “income support” substitute “jobseeker’s allowance”.

14 In paragraph 2(1)(a)(v) of Schedule 6 (discharge of fines by unpaid work), for “income support” substitute “jobseeker’s allowance”.

Child Trust Funds Act 2004 (c. 6)

15 In section 9(8)(a) of the Child Trust Funds Act 2004 (supplementary contribution by HMRC), for “income support, or income-based jobseeker’s allowance,” substitute “income-based jobseeker’s allowance”.

Age-Related Payments Act 2004 (c. 10)

16 In section 2(3)(b) of the Age-Related Payments Act 2004 (entitlement: basic cases), at the end of sub-paragraph (i) insert “or”.

Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5)

17 In paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (transition relating to Part 1 of Act), after the definition of “incapacity benefit” insert—

• ““income support” means income support under section 124 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”.