Social Security Act 1998

Payability of benefit

3 A decision whether a relevant benefit (or a component of a relevant benefit) to which a person is entitled is not payable by reason of—

(a) any provision of the Contributions and Benefits Act by which the person is disqualified for receiving benefit;

(b) regulations made under section 72(8) of that Act (disability living allowance);

(c) regulations made under section 113(2) of that Act (suspension of payment); or

(d) section 19 of the Jobseekers Act (jobseeker’s allowance); F1 ...

[F2 (da) regulations made under section [F3 8 or] 17A of F4 ... the Jobseekers Act;]

F5 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F6 (f) section [F7 6B,] 7, 8 or 9 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001][F8 ; or

(g) section 18 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007].

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 3 para. 3 repealed (30.4.2002) by Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11), s. 20(1), Sch.; S.I. 2002/1222, art. 2(i)

F2 Sch. 3 para. 3(da) inserted (12.11.2009) by Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), ss. 1(4), 61(1)

F3 Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(da) inserted (10.2.2010 for specified purposes, 6.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), ss. 33(4), 61(3); S.I. 2010/293, art. 2(6)(a)(b) (with art. 3)

F4 Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(da) repealed (8.5.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(2)(b), Sch. 14 Pt. 6

F5 Sch. 3 para. 3(e) repealed (22.3.2010) by Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), s. 61(3), Sch. 7 Pt. 3; S.I. 2010/293, art. 2(3)(b) (with art. 2(4))

F6 Sch. 3 para. 3(f) and preceding word inserted (1.4.2002) by Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11), ss. 12(2), 20(1); S.I. 2001/3689, art. 2(2)

F7 Word in Sch. 3 para. 3(f) inserted (12.1.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), s. 61(3), Sch. 4 para. 10; S.I. 2010/45, art. 2(1)(2)

F8 Sch. 3 para. 3(g) and preceding word inserted (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), s. 70(2), Sch. 3 para. 17(9); S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(4)(f)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 3(a)(c) in force at 5.7.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/1958, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. 1 (with art. 5, Sch. 12)

I2 Sch. 3 para. 3(a)(c) in force at 6.9.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2422, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Sch. 14)

I3 Sch. 3 para. 3(a)(c) in force at 5.10.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2739, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 3, Sch. 2)

I4 Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 18.10.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 16-18)

I5 Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 29.11.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 21-23)