Welfare Reform Act 2009
| Year | 2009 |
Welfare Reform Act 2009
CHAPTER 24
CONTENTS
PART 1
SOCIAL SECURITY
“Work for your benefit” schemes etc.
1 Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit”
schemes etc.
Revised system of working-age benefits
2 Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants
3Lone parents
4 Entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance without seeking employment etc.
5 Couples where at least one member capable of work
6 Statutory sick pay and employment and support allowance
7 Transitional provision relating to sections 4 to 6
8 Parliamentary procedure: regulations imposing work-related activity
requirements on lone parents of children under 7
Abolition of income support
9 Abolition of income support
Work-related activity for claimants of employment and support allowance
10 Power to direct claimant to undertake specific work-related activity
Jobseeker’s allowance and employment and support allowance: drugs
11 Claimants dependent on drugs etc.
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Contributory jobseeker’s allowance and employment and support allowance
12 Conditions for contributory jobseeker’s allowance
13 Conditions for contributory employment and support allowance
Disability living allowance
14 Mobility component
Abolition of adult dependency increases
15 Maternity allowance and carer’s allowance
External provider social loans and community care grants
16 External provider social loans
17 Power to restrict availability of social fund loans
18 Supply of information to or by lenders making external provider social loans
19 Community care grants relating to specified goods or services
20 Community care grants: reviews and information
21 Regulations relating to information: parliamentary control
Payments on account
22 Payments on account
Up-rating of benefits
23 Power to up-rate benefits following review in tax year 2009-10
Benefit sanctions for offenders
24 Loss of benefit provisions
25 Jobseeker’s allowance: sanctions for violent conduct etc. in connection with
claim
26 Repeal of sections 62 to 66 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security
Act 2000
Pilot schemes
27 State pension credit: pilot schemes
28 Period for which pilot schemes have effect etc.
Miscellaneous
29 Exemption from jobseeking conditions for victims of domestic violence
30 Good cause for failure to comply with regulations etc.
31 Jobseekers’ agreements and action plans: well-being of children
32 Contracting out functions under Jobseekers Act 1995
33 Attendance in connection with jobseeker’s allowance: sanctions
34 Social security information and employment or training information
35 Persons under pensionable age to take part in work-focused interviews etc.
36 Power to rename council tax benefit
37 Minor amendments
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PART 2
DISABLED PEOPLE: RIGHT TO CONTROL PROVISION OF SERVICES
Introductory
38 Purpose of Part 2
39 Relevant services
40 Relevant authority
Power to make regulations
41 Power to make provision enabling exercise of greater choice and control
42 Provision that may be made about direct payments
43 Exercise of rights on behalf of persons who lack capacity
44 Pilot schemes
Supplementary
45 The appropriate authority by which regulations under section 41 are made
46 Regulations under section 41: supplementary provisions
47 Consultation
48 Power to repeal exclusion of community care services
49 Regulations and orders: control by Parliament or other legislature
50 Interpretation of Part 2
PART 3
CHILD MAINTENANCE
51 Disqualification for holding etc. driving licence or travel authorisation
52 Report on operation of driving licence amendments
53 Report on operation of travel authorisation amendments
54 Payments of child support maintenance
55 Child support maintenance: offences relating to information
PART 4
BIRTH REGISTRATION
56 Registration of births
PART 5
GENERAL
57 Consequential amendments of subordinate legislation
58 Repeals and revocations
59 Financial provisions
60 Extent
61 Commencement
62 Short title
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