Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007
2007 nia 2 · Enacted 29 June 2007 · Extends to Northern Ireland
An Act to make provision about social security and for connected purposes.
[29th June 2007]
BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:C1
Annotations to the whole text
Modifications
- C1
Act: transfer of functions (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 Pt. 1 (with art. 9(2))
Contents
- Part 1: EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE
- Entitlement
- 1Employment and support allowance
- 1ADuration of contributory allowance
- 1BFurther entitlement after time-limiting
- 1CClaimant commitment
- 2Amount of contributory allowance
- 3Deductions from contributory allowance: supplementary
- 4Amount of income-related allowance
- 5Advance award of income-related allowance
- 6Amount payable where claimant entitled to both forms of allowance
- 7Exclusion of payments below prescribed minimum
- Assessments relating to entitlement
- 8Limited capability for work
- 9Limited capability for work-related activity
- 10Report
- Work-related requirements
- 11Work-related requirements
- 11AClaimant commitment
- 11BWork-focused interview requirement
- 11CWork preparation requirement
- 11DPersons subject to no work-related requirements
- 11EPersons subject to work-focused interview requirement only
- 11FPersons subject to work preparation and work-focused interview requirement
- 11GConnected requirements
- 11HImposition of requirements
- 11ICompliance with requirements
- 11JSanctions
- 11KConcurrent exercise of certain functions by Department for Employment and Learning Repealed
- 11LDelegation and contracting out
- 12Work-focused interviews
- 13Work-related activity
- 14Action plans in connection with work-focused interviews
- 15Directions about work-related activity
- 16Contracting out
- 16AHardship payments
- Miscellaneous
- 17Income and capital: general
- 18Disqualification
- 19Pilot schemes
- 20Relationship with statutory payments
- 21Deemed entitlement for other purposes
- 22Supplementary provisions
- 23Recovery of sums in respect of maintenance
- General
- 24Interpretation, etc. of Part 1
- 25Regulations and orders
- 26Assembly control
- 27Financial provisions relating to Part 1
- 28Consequential amendments relating to Part 1
- 29Transition relating to Part 1
- Part 2: HOUSING BENEFIT
- 30Local housing allowance
- 31Loss of housing benefit following eviction for anti-social behaviour, etc. Not yet in force
- 32Housing benefit for persons taking up employment
- 33Section 32: supplemental
- 34Sections 32 and 33: interpretation
- 35Payment of housing benefit Not yet in force
- 36Directions by Department
- 37Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 2
- Part 3: SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION: GENERAL
- Sharing of social security information
- 38Social security information
- 39Information relating to certain benefits Repealed
- 40Unlawful disclosure of certain information Repealed
- Overpayment recovery
- 41Recovery of overpaid benefit
- Benefit fraud
- 42Housing Executive powers to investigate benefit fraud Not yet in force
- 43Housing Executive powers to prosecute benefit fraud Not yet in force
- 44Housing Executive functions relating to benefit: information Not yet in force
- 45Loss of benefit for commission of benefit offences
- Part 4: MISCELLANEOUS
- Benefits for bereaved persons
- 46Widowed mother's allowance
- 47Widowed parent's allowance
- Disability living allowance: age conditions
- 48Care component of disability living allowance: persons under the age of 16
- 49Mobility component of disability living allowance: persons under the age of 16
- Social fund
- 50Matters to which regard must be had in awarding budgeting loans
- 51Allocations from Social Fund
- Compensation for pneumoconiosis etc.
- 52“Relevant employer”
- 53“Dependant”
- Other
- 54Power to stop payment of allowances to care home residents
- 55Medical examinations
- 56Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 4
- Part 5: GENERAL
- 57Interpretation
- 58Repeals
- 59Transition
- 60Commencement
- 61Short title
- Schedule 1: EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE: ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
- Part 1: CONTRIBUTORY ALLOWANCE
- Conditions relating to national insurance
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- Condition relating to youth
- 4Paragraph 4
- “Relevant benefit week”
- 5Paragraph 5
- Part 2: INCOME-RELATED ALLOWANCE
- 6Paragraph 6
- Schedule 2: EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
- Limited capability for work
- 1Paragraph 1
- Waiting days
- 2Paragraph 2
- Periods of less than a week
- 3Paragraph 3
- Linking periods
- 4Paragraph 4
- Exemption
- 4AParagraph 4A
- Presence in Northern Ireland
- 5Paragraph 5
- Contributory allowance: entitlement in case of absence from Northern Ireland
- 6Paragraph 6
- Contributory allowance: modification in relation to employment on ships etc.
- 7Paragraph 7
- Income-related allowance: entitlement in case of absence from Northern Ireland
- 8Paragraph 8
- Limited capability for work-related activity
- 9Paragraph 9
- Effect of work
- 10Paragraph 10
- 10ZAParagraph 10ZA
- Good reason for failure to comply with certain regulations
- 10AParagraph 10A
- Responsibility for children
- 10BParagraph 10B
- Treatment of allowance as “benefit”
- 11Paragraph 11
- Attribution of reductions in cases where allowance taken to consist of two elements
- 12Paragraph 12
- Treatment of information supplied as information relating to social security
- 13Paragraph 13
- Advance claims
- 14Paragraph 14
- Schedule 3: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 1
- The Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 20)
- 1Paragraph 1
- The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 23)
- 2Paragraph 2
- The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)
- 3Paragraph 3
- The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)
- 4Paragraph 4
- The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 2)
- 5Paragraph 5
- The Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 15)
- 6Paragraph 6
- The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 18)
- 7Paragraph 7
- The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 22)
- 8Paragraph 8
- The Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 18)
- 9Paragraph 9
- The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 10)
- 10Paragraph 10
- The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)
- 11Paragraph 11
- The Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (NI 11)
- 12Paragraph 12
- The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4)
- 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
- The Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 17)
- 14Paragraph 14
- Schedule 4: TRANSITION RELATING TO PART 1
- General power to provide for transition relating to Part 1
- 1Paragraph 1
- Pre-commencement claims
- 2Paragraph 2
- Post-commencement claims
- 3Paragraph 3
- Award of employment and support allowance for pre-commencement period Not yet in force
- 4Paragraph 4 Not yet in force
- Matching of awards of employment and support allowance Not yet in force
- 5Paragraph 5 Not yet in force
- 6Paragraph 6 Not yet in force
- Treatment of existing awards
- 7Paragraph 7
- Transitional allowances
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9 Not yet in force
- Post-commencement up-rating of incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance Not yet in force
- 10Paragraph 10 Not yet in force
- Interpretation
- 11Paragraph 11
- Schedule 5: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 2
- The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4) Not yet in force
- 6Paragraph 6 Not yet in force
- Schedule 6SCHEDULE TO BE INSERTED IN THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS, ETC., (WORKERS' COMPENSATION) (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1979
- Schedule 7: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 4
- The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)
- 1Paragraph 1
- The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)
- 2Paragraph 2
- The Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 11)
- 3Paragraph 3
- The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 10)
- 4Paragraph 4
- Schedule 8REPEALS