Welfare Reform Act 2012

Valid from 25/02/2013

Universal credit and other benefits U.K.

Valid from 01/04/2013

33 Abolition of benefits U.K.

(1) The following benefits are abolished—

(a) income-based jobseeker's allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995;

(b) income-related employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;

(c) income support under section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

(d) housing benefit under section 130 of that Act;

(e) council tax benefit under section 131 of that Act;

(f) child tax credit and working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) “income-based jobseeker's allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995;

(b) “income-related employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance entitlement to which is based on section 1(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007.

(3) Schedule 3 contains consequential amendments.

Prospective

34 Universal credit and state pension credit E+W+S

Schedule 4 provides for a housing element of state pension credit in consequence of the abolition of housing benefit by section 33.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 modified by 1995 c. 18, Sch. 1 para. 2(3) (as inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 10(b))

35 Universal credit and working-age benefits E+W+S

Schedule 5 makes further provision relating to universal credit, jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance.

36 Migration to universal credit E+W+S

Schedule 6 contains provision about the replacement of benefits by universal credit.