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

Entitlement of lone parents to income support etc 58 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 ” .