# Welfare Reform Act 2012, Section 58: Entitlement of lone parents to income support etc

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The Welfare Reform Act 2009 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 3(1), in paragraph (b) of subsection (1A) to be inserted into section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (lone parents with a child under 7 to be included in regulations as a category of person entitled to income support), for “7” there is substituted “ 5 ”.
(3) In section 8 (parliamentary procedure for regulations imposing a requirement on lone parents with a child under 7 to undertake work-related activity), in the heading and in subsection (1), for “7“ there is substituted “ 5 ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/section/58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/section-58
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