Welfare Reform Act 2009

Prospective

Section 9

Schedule 2 E+W+S Abolition of income support: consequential amendments

Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) E+W+S

1 E+W+S 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) E+W+S

2 E+W+S 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) E+W+S

3 E+W+S 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) E+W+S

4 E+W+S 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) E+W+S

5 E+W+S The Jobseekers Act 1995 is amended as follows.

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

7 E+W+S 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) E+W+S

8 E+W+S 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) E+W+S

9 E+W+S The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 is amended as follows.

10 E+W+S 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 E+W+S In section 7(2) (loss of benefit for commission of benefit offences), for “subsections (3)” substitute “ subsections (4) ”.

Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) E+W+S

12 E+W+S The Courts Act 2003 is amended as follows.

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

14 E+W+S 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) E+W+S

15 E+W+S 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) E+W+S

16 E+W+S 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) E+W+S

17 E+W+S 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;”.