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Welfare Reform Act 2012

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98Claims and awards

(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”.

99Powers to require information relating to claims and awards

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

(2)In subsection (1), paragraphs (h) and (hh) (powers to make provision requiring the furnishing of information or evidence) are repealed.

(3)After that subsection there is inserted—

(1A)Regulations may make provision for requiring a person of a prescribed description to supply any information or evidence which is, or could be, relevant to—

(a)a claim or award relating to a benefit to which this section applies, or

(b)potential claims or awards relating to such a benefit.

(4)Subsection (3A) is repealed.

(5)In section 22 of the Social Security Act 1998 (suspension for failure to furnish information etc), in subsection (3), for “subsection (1)(hh) of section 5” there is substituted “section 5(1A)”.

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