Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013

SCHEDULE

Miscellaneous Amendments to Principal Act

Item number

Provision amended

Amendment

1

Section 2

In subsection (1), delete the definition of “infectious diseases maintenance allowance”.

2

Section 17

In paragraph (a) of subsection (4), delete “Chapter 5 of”.

3

Section 21

In paragraph (e) of subsection (1), substitute “surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension,” for “surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension”.

4

Section 23

In paragraph (a) of subsection (3), delete “Chapter 5 of”.

5

Section 26

In subsection (3), delete “or (iii)”.

6

Section 62

In paragraph (a)(ii) of subsection (8), substitute “scheme provided by the Minister” for “scheme administered under the aegis of the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs”.

7

Section 68

In subsection (5), substitute “scheme provided by the Minister” for “scheme administered under the aegis of the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs”.

8

Section 141

In paragraph (b) of subsection (6), substitute “scheme provided by the Minister” for “scheme administered under the aegis of the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs”.

9

Section 144

In subsection (3) in paragraph (c) of the definition of ”couple”, substitute ”both cohabitants;” for ”both cohabitants.”.

10

Section 147

In paragraph (c) of subsection (1), substitute “scheme provided by the Minister” for “scheme administered under the aegis of the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs”.

11

Section 148

In subsection (2), delete paragraph (e) of the definition of ”institution of education”.

12

Section 187

(a) In paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of “mortgage interest”, substitute “Housing Acts 1966 to 2009,” for “Housing Acts 1963 to 2009.”.

(b) Insert the following defintion: “ ‘social housing support’ has the meaning given to it by section 19 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009;”.

13

Section 198

In—

(a) subsection (3A), substitute the following for paragraph (b):

“(b) is participating in—

(i) a scheme provided by the Minister and known as Community Employment, or

(ii) a scheme administered by the Minister and known as—

(I) Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (Self-Employed),

(II) Back to Work Allowance (Employees), or

(III) Back to Work Short Term Enterprise Allowance,”,

and

(b) subsection (3F), substitute the following for paragraph (a):

“(a) determined to be qualified for social housing support by a housing authority under a social housing assessment pursuant to section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009,”.

14

Section 199

In subsection (2)—

(a) in paragraph (b), substitute “an allocation of a dwelling” for “a letting”, and

(b) substitute the following for paragraph (c):

“(c) is a respondent to an excluding order, a site excluding order or an interim excluding order made under section 3, 3A or 4 of the Act of 1997, or”.

15

Section 203

Delete section 203.

16

Section 218

In subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (b), substitute “scheme provided by the Minister” for “scheme administered under the aegis of the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs”,

(b) in paragraph (c), substitute “Back to Work Allowance, or” for “Back to Work Allowance,”,

(c) in paragraph (d), substitute “Part-Time Job Incentive.” for “Part-Time Job Incentive, or”, and

(d) delete paragraph (e).

17

Section 246

In subsection (3), substitute “186D(1)” for “186D(3)”.

18

Section 247

(a) Substitute the following for subsection (1):

“(1) Where, but for this subsection, more than one of the following would be payable to or in respect of a person in respect of the same period, only one shall be paid—

(a) any benefit specified in section 39(1) other than death benefit by way of a grant in respect of funeral expenses, bereavement grant or widowed or surviving civil partner grant, or

(b) any assistance specified in section 139(1) other than a payment under section 186A, domiciliary care allowance, supplementary welfare allowance or widowed or surviving civil partner grant.”.

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) substitute the following for paragraph (b):

“(b) any assistance specified in section 139(1) other than domiciliary care allowance, supplementary welfare allowance or widowed or surviving civil partner grant,”,

and

(ii) delete paragraph (c).

(c) Substitute the following for subsection (3):

“(3) for the purposes of this section any payment specified in subsection (1)(a) or (b) payable in respect of a person shall be regarded as such specified payment payable to that person.”.

19

Section 247A

(a) In paragraph (a), substitute “widowed parent grant, or” for “widowed parent grant,”.

(b) In paragraph (b), substitute “widowed parent grant,” for “widowed parent grant, or”.

(c) Delete paragraph (c).

20

Section 247B

In—

(a) subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (b), substitute “on account of incapacity, and” for “on account of incapacity,”,

(ii) in paragraph (c)(iii), substitute “surviving civil partner grant,” for “surviving civil partner grant, and”, and

(iii) delete paragraph (d),

and

(b) subsection (2), substitute “paragraphs (a) to (c)” for “paragraphs (a) to (d)”.

21

Section 265

In subsection (1), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant purpose”, delete subparagraph (iii).

22

Section 302

In paragraph (b), delete “early childcare supplement,”.

23

Section 319

In paragraph (b), delete “early childcare supplement,”.

24

Schedule 3

In Table 2, delete Reference No. 18.