Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010

Section 9.

SCHEDULE 2 ABOLITION OF INCOME SUPPORT: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)

1.  In section 72 of the Administration Act (income support and other payments), in the title, for “Income support” substitute “Income-based jobseeker’s allowance”.

The Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 15)

2.  The Jobseekers Order is amended as follows.

3.  In Article 4(1) (the contribution-based conditions), at the end of sub-paragraph (b) insert “and”.

4.  In Article 5A(1)(c) (the conditions for claims by joint-claim couples), for “any such family” substitute “a family of which the couple are members”.

The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4)

5.  In section 53(2) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (loss of benefit for breach of community order), for “subsections (3) to” substitute “subsections (4) and”.

The Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 17)

6.  The 2001 Act is amended as follows.

7.  In section 5B(5) (loss of benefit in case of conviction, penalty or caution for benefit offence), which is inserted by section 19, for “subsections (6)” substitute “subsections (7)”.

8.  In section 6(2) (loss of benefit for commission of benefit offences), for “subsections (3) to” substitute “subsections (4) and”.

The Age-Related Payments (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (NI 11)

9.  In Article 4(3)(b) of the Age-Related Payments (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (entitlement: basic cases), at the end of head (i) insert “or”.