Welfare Reform Act 2012
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 55 — Work experience etc
Work experience etc 55 In section 13 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (work-related activity), after subsection (7) there is inserted— 8 The reference to activity in subsection (7) includes work…
Section 56 — Hardship payments
Hardship payments 56 In the Welfare Reform Act 2007 after section 16 there is inserted— Hardship payments 16A 1 Regulations may make provision for the making of payments (“hardship payments”) by way…
Section 57 — Claimant responsibilities for employment and support allowance
Claimant responsibilities for employment and support allowance 57 1 The Welfare Reform Act 2007 is amended as follows. 2 For sections 11 to 16 (and the italic heading preceding section 11) there is…
Section 58 — 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…
Section 59 — Claimant commitment for income support
Claimant commitment for income support 59 1 The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended as follows. 2 Section 124 (income support) is amended as follows— a in subsection (1),…
Section 60 — Claimants dependent on drugs etc
Claimants dependent on drugs etc 60 1 Section 17C of, and Schedule A1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons dependent on drugs etc: jobseekers allowance) are repealed. 2 Section 15A of, and Schedule…
Section 61 — Entitlement to work: jobseeker's allowance
Entitlement to work: jobseeker's allowance 61 1 The Jobseekers Act 1995 is amended as follows. 2 In section 1 (jobseeker's allowance), in subsection (2), before paragraph (a) there is inserted— za is…
Section 62 — Entitlement to work: employment and support allowance
Entitlement to work: employment and support allowance 62 1 The Welfare Reform Act 2007 is amended as follows. 2 In section 1 (employment and support allowance), in subsection (3), before paragraph…
Section 63 — Entitlement to work: maternity allowance and statutory payments
Entitlement to work: maternity allowance and statutory payments 63 1 The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended as follows. 2 In section 35 (state maternity allowance)— a in…
Section 64 — Injuries arising before 5 July 1948
Injuries arising before 5 July 1948 64 1 In Part 5 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (industrial injuries benefit), the following provisions are repealed— a in section 94(1),…
Section 65 — Persons under 18
Persons under 18 65 1 In Schedule 4 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (rates of benefits), Part 5 (rates of industrial injuries benefit) is amended as follows. 2 In entry 1…
Section 66 — Trainees
Trainees 66 1 After section 95 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 there is inserted— Employment training schemes etc 95A 1 In the industrial injuries and diseases provisions…
Section 67 — Restriction on new claims for industrial death benefit
Restriction on new claims for industrial death benefit 67 In Part 6 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (industrial death benefit), in paragraph 14, after…
Section 68 — Determinations
Determinations 68 1 Section 29(2) of the Social Security Act 1998 (which provides for decisions as to whether an accident is an industrial accident in the absence of a claim for benefit) is repealed.…
Section 69 — Housing benefit: determination of appropriate maximum
Housing benefit: determination of appropriate maximum 69 1 Section 130A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (appropriate maximum housing benefit) is amended as follows. 2 In…
Section 70 — Ending of discretionary payments
Ending of discretionary payments 70 1 Section 138(1)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (discretionary payments out of social fund) is repealed. 2 In consequence of the…
Section 70A — Payment of grant
Payment of grant 70A 1 A grant under section 70 shall be made by the Secretary of State in such instalments, at such times, in such manner and subject to such conditions as to claims, records,…
Section 71 — Purposes of discretionary payments
Purposes of discretionary payments 71 In section 138 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (payments out of the social fund), in subsection (1)(b), for “to meet other needs”…
Section 71ZB — Recovery of overpayments of certain benefits
Recovery of overpayments of certain benefits 71ZB 1 The Secretary of State may recover any amount of the following paid in excess of entitlement— a universal credit, b jobseeker's allowance, c…
Section 71ZC — Deduction from benefit
Deduction from benefit 71ZC 1 An amount recoverable from a person under section 71ZB may be recovered by deducting the amount from payments of prescribed benefit. 2 Where an amount recoverable from a…
Section 71ZD — Deduction from earnings
Deduction from earnings 71ZD 1 Regulations may provide for amounts recoverable under section 71ZB to be recovered by deductions from earnings. 2 In this section “earnings” has such meaning as may be…
Section 71ZE — Court action etc
Court action etc 71ZE 1 Where an amount is recoverable under section 71ZB from a person residing in England and Wales, the amount is, if the county court so orders, recoverable— a under section 85 of…
Section 71ZF — Adjustment of benefit
Adjustment of benefit 71ZF Regulations may for the purpose of the recovery of amounts recoverable under section 71ZB make provision— a for treating any amount paid to a person under an award which it…
Section 71ZG — Recovery of payments on account
Recovery of payments on account 71ZG 1 The Secretary of State may recover any amount paid under section 5(1)(r) (payments on account). 2 An amount recoverable under this section is recoverable from—…
Section 71ZH — Recovery of hardship payments etc
Recovery of hardship payments etc 71ZH 1 The Secretary of State may recover any amount paid by way of— a a payment under section 28 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (universal credit hardship payments)…
Section 72 — Determination of amount or value of budgeting loan
Determination of amount or value of budgeting loan 72 1 Section 140 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (principles of determination) is amended as follows. 2 In subsection…
Section 73 — External provider social loans and community care grants
External provider social loans and community care grants 73 Sections 16 to 21 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (provisions relating to external provider social loans and community care grants), which…
Section 74 — State pension credit: carers
State pension credit: carers 74 1 The State Pension Credit Act 2002 is amended as follows. 2 In section 2 (guarantee credit), in subsection (8), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted— a the…
Section 75 — State pension credit: capital limit
State pension credit: capital limit 75 1 In section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (entitlement), in subsection (2)— a in paragraph (b), the final “and” is repealed; b at the end there is…
Section 76 — Calculation of working tax credit
Calculation of working tax credit 76 1 Step 5 in regulation 7(3) of the 2002 Regulations has effect in relation to awards of working tax credit for the whole or part of the relevant year as if from…
Section 77 — Personal independence payment
Personal independence payment 77 1 An allowance known as personal independence payment is payable in accordance with this Part. 2 A person's entitlement to personal independence payment may be an…
Section 78 — Daily living component
Daily living component 78 1 A person is entitled to the daily living component at the standard rate if— a the person's ability to carry out daily living activities is limited by the person's physical…
Section 79 — Mobility component
Mobility component 79 1 A person is entitled to the mobility component at the standard rate if— a the person is of or over the age prescribed for the purposes of this subsection; b the person's…
Section 80 — Ability to carry out daily living activities or mobility activities
Ability to carry out daily living activities or mobility activities 80 1 For the purposes of this Part, the following questions are to be determined in accordance with regulations— a whether a…
Section 81 — Required period condition: further provision
Required period condition: further provision 81 1 Regulations under section 80(2) must provide for the question of whether a person meets “ the required period condition ” for the purposes of section…
Section 82 — Terminal illness
Terminal illness 82 1 This section applies to a person who— a is terminally ill; and b has made a claim for personal independence payment expressly on the ground of terminal illness. 2 A person to…
Section 83 — Persons of pensionable age
Persons of pensionable age 83 1 A person is not entitled to the daily living component or the mobility component for any period after the person reaches the relevant age. 2 In subsection (1) “ the…
Section 84 — No entitlement to daily living component where UK is not competent state
No entitlement to daily living component where UK is not competent state 84 1 A person to whom a relevant EU Regulation applies is not entitled to the daily living component for a period unless…
Section 85 — Care home residents
Care home residents 85 1 Regulations may provide that no amount in respect of personal independence payment which is attributable to entitlement to the daily living component is payable in respect of…
Section 86 — Hospital in-patients
Hospital in-patients 86 1 Regulations may provide as mentioned in either or both of the following paragraphs— a that no amount in respect of personal independence payment which is attributable to…
Section 87 — Prisoners and detainees
Prisoners and detainees 87 Except to the extent that regulations provide otherwise, no amount in respect of personal independence payment is payable in respect of a person for a period during which…
Section 88 — Claims, awards and information
Claims, awards and information 88 1 A person is not entitled to personal independence payment for any period before the date on which a claim for it is made or treated as made by that person or on…
Section 89 — Report to Parliament
Report to Parliament 89 The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament an independent report on the operation of assessments under section 80— a within 2 years beginning with the date on which the…
Section 90 — Abolition of disability living allowance
Abolition of disability living allowance 90 Sections 71 to 76 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (disability living allowance) are repealed.
Section 91 — Amendments
Amendments 91 Schedule 9 contains amendments relating to this Part.
Section 92 — Power to make supplementary and consequential provision
Power to make supplementary and consequential provision 92 1 Regulations may make such consequential, supplementary or incidental provision in relation to any provision of this Part as the Secretary…
Section 93 — Transitional
Transitional 93 1 Regulations may make such provision as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Part. 2 Schedule 10…
Section 94 — Regulations
Regulations 94 1 Regulations under this Part are to be made by the Secretary of State. 2 A power to make regulations under this Part may be exercised— a so as to make different provision for…
Section 95 — Interpretation of Part 4
Interpretation of Part 4 95 In this Part— “adult disability payment” means disability assistance given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022;…
Section 95A — Employment training schemes etc
Employment training schemes etc 95A 1 In the industrial injuries and diseases provisions any reference to employed earner's employment shall be taken to include participation in an employment…