# Welfare Reform Act 2012, Paragraph 12


(1) Section 8 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (effect of offence on joint-claim jobseeker's allowance) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2)—
(a) at the beginning there is inserted “Except in prescribed circumstances”;
(b) in paragraph (b), for sub-paragraph (i) there is substituted—
“(i) is a person whose failure sanctionable under section 19, 19A or 19B of the Jobseekers Act 1995 has given rise to a reduction under that section; or”.
(3) Subsection (5) is repealed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/schedule/7/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/schedule-7/paragraph-12
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