{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-act-2016/section-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-act-2016/section-35.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/7",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-act-2016",
  "path": "section/35",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Extent",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—\n(a) section 1 (full employment: reporting obligation);\n(b) section 4 (children living in low-income households),\n(c) sections 5, 6 and 7 (life chances);\n(d) section 11(2) and (6) (freeze of rates of child benefit for four tax years);\n(e) section 12 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 (freeze of certain tax credit amounts for four tax years);\n(f) section 13 (changes to child tax credit);\n(g) section 34, this section, section 36 and section 37.\n(2) The following provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales—\n(a) section 2 (apprenticeships reporting obligation);\n(b) section 3 (support for troubled families: reporting obligation);\n(c) sections 23 to 33 and Schedule 2 (reduction in social housing rents).\n(3) The following provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales and Scotland—\n(a) sections 8, 9 and 10 (benefit cap and review of benefit cap);\n(b) section 11(1), (3), (4) and (5) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (freeze of certain social security benefits for four tax years);\n(c) section 14 (changes to child element of universal credit);\n(d) section 15 (employment and support allowance: work-related activity component);\n(e) section 16 (universal credit: limited capability for work element);\n(f) section 17 (universal credit: work-related requirements);\n(g) sections 18 to 21 (loans for mortgage interest etc);\n(h) section 22 (expenses of paying sums in respect of vehicle hire etc).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/7/section/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:30.502709+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."
}