PART 2AMENDMENTS OF PRIMARY LEGISLATION

Amendment of the Jobseekers Act 1995

10.  In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (supplementary provisions: limited capability for work)(1)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1), insert at the end “or Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (universal credit) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in the person’s case”, and

(b)after sub-paragraph (2), insert—

(3) References in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 to the purposes of that Part are to be construed, where the provisions of that Part have effect for the purposes of this Act, as references to the purposes of this Act..

(1)

1995 c.18. Paragraph 2 was substituted by paragraph 12 of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007.