SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Universal credit: amendments

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)

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The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended as follows.

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In section 97 (provision of support: supplemental), in subsection (5)—

(a)

before paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(za)

to such portion of the maximum amount of an award of universal credit under section 8(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, or”;

(b)

in paragraph (b) after “components” there is inserted “ or elements ”.

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In section 115(1) (exclusion from benefits of persons subject to immigration control) after “is entitled” there is inserted “ to universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 or ”.