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Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Reports

    1. 1.Full employment: reporting obligation

    2. 2.Apprenticeships reporting obligation

    3. 3.Support for troubled families: reporting obligation

  3. Children living in low-income households

    1. 4.Publication of data on children living in low-income households

  4. Life chances

    1. 5.Workless households and educational attainment: reporting obligations

    2. 6.Social Mobility Commission

    3. 7.Other amendments to Child Poverty Act 2010

  5. Welfare benefits

    1. 8.Benefit cap

    2. 9.Review of benefit cap

    3. 10.Benefit cap: Social Security Advisory Committee

    4. 11.Freeze of certain social security benefits for four tax years

    5. 12.Freeze of certain tax credit amounts for four tax years

    6. 13.Changes to child tax credit

    7. 14.Changes to child element of universal credit

    8. 15.Employment and support allowance: work-related activity component

    9. 16.Universal credit: limited capability for work element

    10. 17.Universal credit: work-related requirements

  6. Loans for mortgage interest etc

    1. 18.Loans for mortgage interest etc

    2. 19.Section 18: further provision

    3. 20.Consequential amendments

    4. 21.Transitional provision

  7. Social security administration

    1. 22.Expenses of paying sums in respect of vehicle hire etc

  8. Social housing rents

    1. 23.Reduction in social housing rents

    2. 24.Exceptions

    3. 25.Exemption of a registered provider of social housing

    4. 26.Further provision about social housing rents

    5. 27.Provision about excepted cases

    6. 28.Implied terms

    7. 29.Change of registered provider

    8. 30.Enforcement

    9. 31.Transitional provision

    10. 32.Rent standards

    11. 33.Interpretation

  9. Final

    1. 34.Power to make consequential provision

    2. 35.Extent

    3. 36.Commencement

    4. 37.Short title

  10. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      MEANING OF “THE RELEVANT SUMS” AND “THE RELEVANT AMOUNTS”

      1. 1.“The relevant sums” for the purposes of section 11 are...

      2. 2.“The relevant amounts” for the purposes of section 12 are...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      FURTHER PROVISION ABOUT SOCIAL HOUSING RENTS

      1. PART 1 PROVISION ABOUT LEVELS OF RENTS

        1. Tenancy of existing social housing

          1. 1.(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a tenant of...

        2. Tenancy of new social housing

          1. 2.(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a tenant of...

        3. Tenancy of affordable rent housing

          1. 3.(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a tenant of...

          2. 4.(1) This paragraph has effect for the purposes of paragraph...

      2. PART 2 EXCEPTIONS AND EXEMPTIONS

        1. Exceptions

          1. 5.(1) Part 1 does not apply in relation to a...

        2. Exemptions

          1. 6.(1) The regulator may issue a direction mentioned in sub-paragraph...

      3. PART 3 GENERAL

        1. Regulations

          1. 7.(1) Regulations under this Schedule must be made by statutory...

        2. Guidance

          1. 8.(1) The Secretary of State may issue guidance about determining,...

        3. Interpretation

          1. 9.(1) In this Schedule “the relevant day”, in relation to...

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