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- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2013/1511 by S.I. 2017/57 art. 5 13 14 Sch.
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2013/2657 by S.I. 2016/596 art. 4-6 Sch.
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- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/101 by S.I. 2017/57 art. 3-9 11 12 17 Sch.
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- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/33 by S.I. 2018/138 art. 6
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/33 by S.I. 2019/10 reg. 3(2)
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/33 by S.I. 2019/167 art. 5(3)
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- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/634 by S.I. 2019/10 reg. 3(3)
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/634 by S.I. 2019/167 art. 5(4)
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- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2015/634, art. 7(2) by S.I. 2017/376 reg. 4
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2016/596 by S.I. 2016/963 art. 17
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2019/37 by S.I. 2019/935 art. 2
- specified provision(s) modification of earlier commencing S.I. 2014/1583 by S.I. 2018/532 art. 3 Sch.
- specified provision(s) modification of earlier commencing S.I. 2014/2321 by S.I. 2018/532 art. 3 Sch.
- specified provision(s) modification of earlier commencing S.I. 2015/101 by S.I. 2018/532 art. 3 Sch.
- specified provision(s) modification of earlier commencing S.I. 2015/1537 by S.I. 2018/532 art. 3 Sch.
- specified provision(s) modification of earlier commencing S.I. 2015/634 by S.I. 2018/532 art. 5
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62Entitlement to work: employment and support allowanceE+W+S
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(1)The Welfare Reform Act 2007 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 1 (employment and support allowance), in subsection (3), before paragraph (a) there is inserted—
“(za)is entitled to be in employment in the United Kingdom,”.
(3)In that section, after subsection (3A) there is inserted—
“(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 section 54 of this Act) there is inserted—
“Entitlement to work in the United Kingdom4BRegulations 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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