Welfare Reform Act 2009

1. Introductory Text

2. Part 1 Social security

   1. “Work for your benefit” schemes etc.

      1. 1. Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit” schemes etc.

   2. Revised system of working-age benefits

      1. 2. Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants

      2. 3. Lone parents

      3. 4. Entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance without seeking employment etc.

      4. 5. Couples where at least one member capable of work

      5. 6. Statutory sick pay and employment and support allowance

      6. 7. Transitional provision relating to sections 4 to 6

      7. 8. Parliamentary procedure: regulations imposing work-related activity requirements on lone parents of children under 7

   3. Abolition of income support

      1. 9. Abolition of income support

   4. Work-related activity for claimants of employment and support allowance

      1. 10. Power to direct claimant to undertake specific work-related activity

   5. Jobseeker’s allowance and employment and support allowance: drugs

      1. 11. Claimants dependent on drugs etc.

   6. Contributory jobseeker’s allowance and employment and support allowance

      1. 12. Conditions for contributory jobseeker’s allowance

      2. 13. Conditions for contributory employment and support allowance

   7. Disability living allowance

      1. 14. Mobility component

   8. Abolition of adult dependency increases

      1. 15. Maternity allowance and carer’s allowance

   9. External provider social loans and community care grants

      1. 16. External provider social loans

      2. 17. Power to restrict availability of social fund loans

      3. 18. Supply of information to or by lenders making external provider social loans

      4. 19. Community care grants relating to specified goods or services

      5. 20. Community care grants: reviews and information

      6. 21. Regulations relating to information: parliamentary control

   10. Payments on account

       1. 22. Payments on account

   11. Up-rating of benefits

       1. 23. Power to up-rate benefits following review in tax year 2009-10

   12. Benefit sanctions for offenders

       1. 24. Loss of benefit provisions

       2. 25. Jobseeker’s allowance: sanctions for violent conduct etc. in connection with claim

       3. 26. Repeal of sections 62 to 66 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000

   13. Pilot schemes

       1. 27. State pension credit: pilot schemes

       2. 28. Period for which pilot schemes have effect etc.

   14. Miscellaneous

       1. 29. Exemption from jobseeking conditions for victims of domestic violence

       2. 30. Good cause for failure to comply with regulations etc.

       3. 31. Jobseekers’ agreements and action plans: well-being of children

       4. 32. Contracting out functions under Jobseekers Act 1995

       5. 33. Attendance in connection with jobseeker’s allowance: sanctions

       6. 34. Social security information and employment or training information

       7. 35. Persons under pensionable age to take part in work-focused interviews etc.

       8. 36. Power to rename council tax benefit

       9. 37. Minor amendments

3. Part 2 Disabled people: right to control provision of services

   1. Introductory

      1. 38. Purpose of Part 2

      2. 39. Relevant services

      3. 40. Relevant authority

   2. Power to make regulations

      1. 41. Power to make provision enabling exercise of greater choice and control

      2. 42. Provision that may be made about direct payments

      3. 43. Exercise of rights on behalf of persons who lack capacity

      4. 44. Pilot schemes

   3. Supplementary

      1. 45. The appropriate authority by which regulations under section 41 are made

      2. 46. Regulations under section 41: supplementary provisions

      3. 47. Consultation

      4. 48. Power to repeal exclusion of community care services

      5. 49. Regulations and orders: control by Parliament or other legislature

      6. 50. Interpretation of Part 2

4. Part 3 Child maintenance

   1. 51. Disqualification for holding etc. driving licence or travel authorisation

   2. 52. Report on operation of driving licence amendments

   3. 53. Report on operation of travel authorisation amendments

   4. 54. Payments of child support maintenance

   5. 55. Child support maintenance: offences relating to information

5. Part 4 Birth registration

   1. 56. Registration of births

6. Part 5 General

   1. 57. Consequential amendments of subordinate legislation

   2. 58. Repeals and revocations

   3. 59. Financial provisions

   4. 60. Extent

   5. 61. Commencement

   6. 62. Short title

7. 1. Schedule 1

      Amendments connected to section 4

      1. Part 1 Amendments of Jobseekers Act 1995

      2. Part 2 Amendments of other Acts

   2. Schedule 2

      Abolition of income support: consequential amendments

   3. Schedule 3

      Claimants dependent on drugs etc.

      1. Part 1 Jobseeker’s allowance

      2. Part 2 Employment and support allowance

   4. Schedule 4

      Loss of benefit provisions: further amendments

      1. Part 1 Further amendments of Social Security Fraud Act 2001

      2. Part 2 Related amendments of other Acts

   5. Schedule 5

      Section 51: consequential amendments etc.

   6. Schedule 6

      Registration of births

      1. Part 1 Amendments of Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

      2. Part 2 Other amendments

   7. Schedule 7

      Repeals and revocations

      1. Part 1 Abolition of income support

      2. Part 2 Abolition of adult dependency increases

      3. Part 3 Social security: other repeals and revocations

      4. Part 4 Child maintenance

      5. Part 5 Birth registration