Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013

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Supplementary welfare allowance — amendments

10. (1) Section 197 (amended by section 7 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2009 ) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (2) (amended by section 13 of the Act of 2009), by substituting “25” for “22”,

(b) in subsection (3) (amended by section 13 of the Act of 2009), by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

“(aa) has been in continuous receipt of the allowance from a date on or before 8 January 2014 and where, in the period prior to that date, the claimant was not a person to whom subsection (2) applied, or”,

(c) in subsection (3)(b) (amended by section 13 of the Act of 2009), by substituting “25” for “22”,

(d) in subsection (4) (inserted by section 13 of the Act of 2009)—

(i) by substituting “25” for “22”, and

(ii) by substituting “26” for “25”,

and

(e) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (5) (inserted by section 13 of the Act of 2009):

“(6) Subsection (4) shall not apply in the case of a claim for supplementary welfare allowance where—

(a) the claimant has been in continuous receipt of the allowance from a date on or before 8 January 2014, and

(b) in the period prior to that date, the claimant was not a person to whom subsection (4) applied.”.

(2) Section 198 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1A) (inserted by section 6 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 ) by substituting “26” for “25”.

(3) This section comes into operation on 9 January 2014.