Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 E+W+S Consequential amendments relating to Part 1

Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17) E+W+S

15 (1) The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 is amended as follows. E+W+S

(2) In section 16 (power to provide for recoupment of benefits)—

(a) in subsections (3)(a) and (c) and (5)(cc) and (e), for “or income support” substitute “ , income support or income-related employment and support allowance ”;

(b) in subsection (3)(b), for “either benefit” substitute “ jobseeker's allowance, income support or income-related employment and support allowance ”;

(c) in subsection (4), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) so as to apply to all or any of the benefits mentioned in subsection (3).”

(3) In section 17 (recoupment: further provisions), in subsection (1), for “or income support”, in both places, substitute “ , income support or income-related employment and support allowance ”.

(4) In that section, at the end insert—

“(5) In this section and section 16 “income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance).”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 15 in force at 18.3.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(1)

I2 Sch. 3 para. 15 in force at 27.10.2008 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(4)(f)