{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/5",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Contributions and Benefits Act is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 123(4) (income-related benefits), for the words before paragraph (a) substitute “ Each billing authority and in Scotland each local authority ”.\n(3) In section 130(2) (housing benefit: qualifying payments), for paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) payments to a billing authority or to a local authority in Scotland in respect of council tax;”.\n(4) In section 137(1) (interpretation of Part 7), after the definition of “industrial injuries scheme” insert—\n““local authority” in relation to Scotland means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 1 repealed (1.4.2013 for specified purposes) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 14 Pt. 1; S.I. 2013/358, art. 8(c), Sch. 4 (with arts. 9, 10, Sch. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/5/schedule/5/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:56.724319+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}