Section 98 — Welfare Reform Act 2012: Claims and awards

Claims and awards 98 1 Section 5(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (regulations about claims and payments) is amended as follows.

2 In paragraph (d) (conditional awards), for the words from “the condition” to the end there is substituted—

i the condition that the requirements for entitlement are satisfied at a prescribed time after the making of the award, or ii other prescribed conditions; .

3 In paragraph (e), for “those requirements“ there is substituted “ the conditions referred to in paragraph (d) ” .

4 In paragraph (g) (claims made on behalf of another), after “applies” there is inserted “ (including in particular, in the case of a benefit to be claimed by persons jointly, enabling one person to claim for such persons jointly) ” .

5 In paragraph (j) (notice of change of circumstances etc), at the end there is inserted “or of any other change of circumstance of a prescribed description”.