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Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010

2010 nia 13 · Enacted 13 August 2010 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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s. 2(2)words repealedWelfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 4 Pt. 1
s. 3(1)repealedWelfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 4 Pt. 1
s. 5(1)repealedWelfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 4 Pt. 1
s. 7(2)(a)words repealedWelfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 4 Pt. 1
s. 7(2)(g)(i)words repealedWelfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 4 Pt. 1
s. 19(1)words repealedWelfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 4 Pt. 1
Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(b)repealedWelfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 4 Pt. 1
s. 4 5repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
s. 8(2)(a)repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
s. 9repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
s. 28(1)(2)repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
s. 29repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
s. 30(3)repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
s. 25(1)words substitutedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 7 para. 14(2)(a)
Sch. 3 para. 2repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
Sch. 4 Pt. 1repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
s. 13repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 8
Sch. 3 para. 1(4)repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 11
Sch. 3 para. 6(3)repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 11
Sch. 2repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
s. 25(1)words substitutedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 7 para. 14(2)(b)
s. 26(2)words substitutedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 7 para. 15(2)(a)
s. 26(2)words insertedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 7 para. 15(2)(b)
s. 26(3)(a)-(d)substitutedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 7 para. 15(3)
s. 2repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
s. 3(1)(2)repealedThe Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1

An Act to amend the law relating to social security; to amend the law relating to child support; and for connected purposes.

[13th August 2010]

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

Contents

  1. Part 1: SOCIAL SECURITY
  2. “Work for your benefit” schemes etc.
  3. 1Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit” schemes etc.
  4. Revised system of working-age benefits
  5. 2Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants
  6. 3Lone parents
  7. 4Entitlement to jobseeker's allowance without seeking employment etc. Not yet in force
  8. 5Couples where at least one member capable of work Not yet in force
  9. 6Statutory sick pay and employment and support allowance Not yet in force
  10. 7Transitional provision relating to sections 4 to 6 Not yet in force
  11. 8Assembly procedure: regulations imposing work-related activity requirements on lone parents of children under 5
  12. Abolition of income support Not yet in force
  13. 9Abolition of income support Not yet in force
  14. Work-related activity for claimants of employment and support allowance
  15. 10Power to direct claimant to undertake specific work-related activity
  16. Contributory jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance
  17. 11Conditions for contributory jobseeker's allowance
  18. 12Conditions for contributory employment and support allowance
  19. Disability living allowance
  20. 13Mobility component
  21. Abolition of adult dependency increases
  22. 14Maternity allowance and carer's allowance
  23. Community care grants
  24. 15Community care grants relating to specified goods or services Not yet in force
  25. 16Community care grants: reviews and information Not yet in force
  26. 17Regulations relating to information: Assembly control Not yet in force
  27. Payments on account Not yet in force
  28. 18Payments on account Not yet in force
  29. Benefit sanctions for offenders
  30. 19Loss of benefit provisions
  31. 20Jobseeker's allowance: sanctions for violent conduct etc. in connection with claim Repealed
  32. 21Repeal of sections 53 to 57 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000
  33. Pilot scheme
  34. 22Period for which pilot schemes have effect etc.
  35. Miscellaneous
  36. 23Exemption from jobseeking conditions for victims of domestic violence
  37. 24Good cause for failure to comply with regulations etc.
  38. 25Jobseekers' agreements and action plans: well-being of children Not yet in force
  39. 26Contracting out functions under Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
  40. 27Attendance in connection with jobseeker's allowance: sanctions Repealed
  41. 28Social security information and employment or training information
  42. 29Persons under pensionable age to take part in work-focused interviews etc.
  43. 30Minor amendments
  44. Part 2: CHILD MAINTENANCE
  45. 31Payments of child support maintenance
  46. 32Child support maintenance: offences relating to information
  47. Part 3: MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
  48. 33Consequential amendments of orders and regulations
  49. 34Repeals
  50. 35Interpretation
  51. 36Commencement
  52. 37Short title
  53. Schedule 1: AMENDMENTS CONNECTED TO SECTION 4 Not yet in force
  54. Part 1: AMENDMENTS OF JOBSEEKERS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1995 Not yet in force
  55. Introduction Not yet in force
  56. 1Paragraph 1 Not yet in force
  57. Work-focused interviews etc. Not yet in force
  58. 2Paragraph 2 Not yet in force
  59. 3Paragraph 3 Not yet in force
  60. Directions given by officers of Departments etc. Not yet in force
  61. 4Paragraph 4 Not yet in force
  62. 5Paragraph 5 Not yet in force
  63. 6Paragraph 6 Not yet in force
  64. 7Paragraph 7 Not yet in force
  65. Other amendments Not yet in force
  66. 8Paragraph 8 Not yet in force
  67. 9Paragraph 9 Not yet in force
  68. 10Paragraph 10 Not yet in force
  69. 11Paragraph 11 Not yet in force
  70. 12Paragraph 12 Not yet in force
  71. 13Paragraph 13 Not yet in force
  72. 14Paragraph 14 Not yet in force
  73. 15Paragraph 15 Not yet in force
  74. 16Paragraph 16 Not yet in force
  75. 17Paragraph 17 Not yet in force
  76. 18Paragraph 18 Not yet in force
  77. 19Paragraph 19 Not yet in force
  78. 20Paragraph 20 Not yet in force
  79. 21Paragraph 21 Not yet in force
  80. 22Paragraph 22 Not yet in force
  81. 23Paragraph 23 Not yet in force
  82. Part 2: AMENDMENTS OF OTHER STATUTORY PROVISIONS Not yet in force
  83. The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8) Not yet in force
  84. 24Paragraph 24 Not yet in force
  85. The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 10) Not yet in force
  86. 25Paragraph 25 Not yet in force
  87. The Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2) Not yet in force
  88. 26Paragraph 26 Not yet in force
  89. Schedule 2: ABOLITION OF INCOME SUPPORT: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS Not yet in force
  90. The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8) Not yet in force
  91. 1Paragraph 1 Not yet in force
  92. The Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 15) Not yet in force
  93. 2Paragraph 2 Not yet in force
  94. 3Paragraph 3 Not yet in force
  95. 4Paragraph 4 Not yet in force
  96. The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4) Not yet in force
  97. 5Paragraph 5 Not yet in force
  98. The Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 17) Not yet in force
  99. 6Paragraph 6 Not yet in force
  100. 7Paragraph 7 Not yet in force
  101. 8Paragraph 8 Not yet in force
  102. The Age-Related Payments (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (NI 11) Not yet in force
  103. 9Paragraph 9 Not yet in force
  104. Schedule 3: LOSS OF BENEFIT PROVISIONS: FURTHER AMENDMENTS
  105. Part 1: FURTHER AMENDMENTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2001
  106. 1Paragraph 1
  107. 2Paragraph 2
  108. 3Paragraph 3
  109. 4Paragraph 4
  110. 5Paragraph 5
  111. 6Paragraph 6
  112. Part 2: RELATED AMENDMENTS OF OTHER STATUTORY PROVISIONS
  113. The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)
  114. 7Paragraph 7
  115. The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 10)
  116. 8Paragraph 8
  117. Schedule 4: REPEALS
  118. 1ABOLITION OF INCOME SUPPORT Not yet in force
  119. 2ABOLITION OF ADULT DEPENDENCY INCREASES
  120. 3SOCIAL SECURITY: OTHER REPEALS
  121. 4CHILD MAINTENANCE Not yet in force