Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010

Supplementary welfare allowance — amendments.

11.— (1) The Principal Act is amended in the manner specified in Schedule 2 .

(2) Schedule 1 to the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 is amended by—

(a) substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (c) of the amendment to section 200 of the Principal Act set out in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention of section 200 in column (1):

“(c) In subsection (3), substitute ‘by a designated person’ for ‘by the Executive’.”,

(b) substituting the following amendment for the amendment to sections 206 and 207 of the Principal Act:

Provision affected

(1)

Amendment

(2)

Section 207

Repeal this section.

”,

and

(c) substituting the following subparagraph for subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of the amendment to section 300 of the Principal Act set out in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention of section 300 in column (1):

“(ii) substitute the following for paragraph (b):

‘(b) Part 3 (social assistance), being a question other than one relating to supplementary welfare allowance (unless it relates to a category of claim specified in subsection (3A) or section 195, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204 or 205),’.”.

(3) The amendments (effected by subsection (2)) to Schedule 1 to the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 are deemed to have been included in each of those provisions with effect from the passing of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 and each of those provisions (amended by subsection (2)) shall come into operation in accordance with section 1(6) of that Act.