Section 146 — Welfare Reform Act 2012: UK child poverty strategies

UK child poverty strategies 146 1 Section 9 of the Child Poverty Act 2010 (UK strategies) is amended as follows.

2 In subsection (7)(a)(i)—

a for “progress” there is substituted “ measures ” ;

b for “needs to be made” there is substituted “ need to be taken ” .

3 In subsection (7)(a)(ii)—

a for “progress” there is substituted “ measures ” ;

b for “intends to make” there is substituted “ proposes to take ” ;

c for “in achieving” there is substituted “ to achieve ” .

4 In subsection (7)(b)—

a for “progress” there is substituted “ measures (other than those described under paragraph (a)) ” ;

b for “intends to make” there is substituted “ proposes to take ” ;

c for “in achieving” there is substituted “ to achieve ” ;

d the words from “otherwise than” to the end are repealed.

5 In subsection (8), for paragraphs (b) and (c) there is substituted “and b give an account (in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate) of the effect of those measures, so far as relating to the purposes mentioned in subsection (2).