Welfare Reform Act 2012

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12(1)Section 8 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (effect of offence on joint-claim jobseeker's allowance) is amended as follows.E+W+S

(2)In subsection (2)—

(a)at the beginning there is inserted “Except in prescribed circumstances”;

(b)in paragraph (b), for sub-paragraph (i) there is substituted—

(i)is a person whose failure sanctionable under section 19, 19A or 19B of the Jobseekers Act 1995 has given rise to a reduction under that section; or.

(3)Subsection (5) is repealed.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 7 para. 12 in force at 22.10.2012 by S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(2)(f)