Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5)

Part 5 U.K. Social security: general

Valid from 01/02/2013

Loss of benefit E+W+S

Valid from 01/04/2013

117 Benefit offences: disqualifying and sanctionable benefits E+W+S

(1) In the Social Security Fraud Act 2001, section 6A (meaning of “disqualifying benefit” and “sanctionable benefit”) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), in the definition of “disqualifying benefit”, after paragraph (e) there is inserted—

“(f) child tax credit;

(g) working tax credit;”.

(3) In that subsection, in the definition of “sanctionable benefit”, after paragraph (f) there is inserted—

“(fa) child tax credit;

(fb) working tax credit;”.