SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9Personal independence payment: amendments

Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

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The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows.

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(1)

Section 1 (entitlement to benefit dependent on claim) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

before paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(za)

for personal independence payment by virtue of section 82 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012; or”;

(b)

paragraph (b) and the “or” preceding it is repealed.

(3)

In subsection (4), after paragraph (ac) there is inserted—

“(ad)

personal independence payment.”

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In section 5(2) (regulations about claims for and payments of benefit), after paragraph (ac) there is inserted—

“(ad)

personal independence payment;”.

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In section 71(11) (overpayments), after paragraph (ac) there is inserted—

“(ad)

personal independence payment;”.

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In section 73 (overlapping benefits - general), after subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(6)

Personal independence payment is to be treated for the purposes of this section as if it were benefit as defined in section 122 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”

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In section 121DA (interpretation of Part 6), in subsection (1), after paragraph (hj) (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted—

“(hk)

Part 4 of that Act;”.

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In section 122B (supply of other government information for fraud prevention and verification), in subsection (3)(b), after “Welfare Reform Act 2012” (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted “, Part 4 of that Act”.

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In section 122C (supply of information to authorities administering benefit), in subsection (6)(b), after “Welfare Reform Act 2007” there is inserted “ , Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 ”.

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In section 124 (age, death and marriage), in subsection (1), after paragraph (ad) (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted—

“(ae)

of the provisions of Part 4 of that Act;”.

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In section 125 (regulations as to notification of deaths), in subsection (1), after “Welfare Reform Act 2012” (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted “, Part 4 of that Act”.

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In section 150 (uprating)—

(a)

in subsection (1), after paragraph (n) (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted—

“(o)

specified in regulations under section 78(3) or 79(3) of that Act;”;

(b)

in subsection (3)(b), for “or (g)” there is substituted “ , (g) or (o) ”.

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In section 159 (effect of alteration in the component rates of income support), in subsection (5), in the definition of “benefit income”, after “income support;” there is inserted—

“(aa)

personal independence payment;”.

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In section 159A (effect of alteration of rates of a jobseeker's allowance), in subsection (5), in the definition of “benefit income”, after “Contributions and Benefits Act;” there is inserted—

“(ab)

personal independence payment;”.

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In section 159B (effect of alterations affecting state pension credit), in subsection (6), in the definition of “benefit income”, after “Contributions and Benefits Act” there is inserted “ or personal independence payment ”.

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In section 159C (effect of alteration of rates of an employment and support allowance), in subsection (6), in the definition of “benefit income”, after “Contributions and Benefits Act” there is inserted “ or personal independence payment ”.

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In section 160 (implementation of increases in income support due to attainment of particular ages), in subsection (3), after “entitlement to” there is inserted “personal independence payment or to“.

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In section 160A (implementation of increases in income-based jobseeker's allowance due to attainment of particular ages), in subsection (3), after “Contributions and Benefits Act;” there is inserted—

“(aa)

personal independence payment;”.

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In section 160B (implementation of increases in employment and support allowance due to attainment of particular ages), in subsection (3), for the words from “a benefit” to the end there is substituted—

“(a)

a benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act; or

(b)

personal independence payment.”

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In section 165 (adjustments between National Insurance Fund and Consolidated Fund), in subsection (1)(a)(iii), after “universal credit” (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted “, personal independence payment”.

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In section 170 (Social Security Advisory Committee), in subsection (5)—

(a)

in the definition of “the relevant enactments“, after paragraph (ak) (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted—
  1. “(al)

    Part 4 of that Act;”;

(b)

in the definition of “the relevant Northern Ireland enactments”, after paragraph (ak) (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted—

“(al)

any provisions in Northern Ireland which correspond to Part 4 of that Act;”.

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(1)

Section 179 (reciprocal agreements) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (3)(a), after “Welfare Reform Act 2012” (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted “, Part 4 of that Act”.

(3)

In subsection (4), after paragraph (ag) (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted—

“(ah)

to Part 4 of that Act;”.

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In section 180 (payment of travelling expenses), in paragraphs (a) and (b)(i), after “Welfare Reform Act 2012” (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted “, Part 4 of that Act”.

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In section 182B (information about postal redirection), in subsection (5)(b), after “Welfare Reform Act 2012” (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) there is inserted “, Part 4 of that Act”.

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In section 184 (control of pneumoconiosis), in paragraph (c), for “benefit as defined in section 122 of the Contributions and Benefits Act” there is substituted “personal independence payment, or benefit as defined in section 122 of the Contributions and Benefits Act,“.

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In section 187 (inalienability), in subsection (1), after paragraph (ac) there is inserted—

“(ad)

personal independence payment;”.

32

In section 191 (interpretation), in the definition of “benefit”, for “, state pension credit and an employment and support allowance” there is substituted “ state pension credit, an employment and support allowance and personal independence payment ”.

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In Schedule 7 (regulations not requiring prior submission to Social Security Advisory Committee), before paragraph 1 there is inserted—

“Personal independence payment

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Regulations under section 78(3) or 79(3) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.”