SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Consequential amendments relating to Part 1

Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17)

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1

The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 is amended as follows.

2

In section 16 (power to provide for recoupment of benefits)—

a

in subsections (3)(a) and (c) and (5)(cc) and (e), for “or income support” substitute “ , income support or income-related employment and support allowance ”;

b

in subsection (3)(b), for “either benefit” substitute “ jobseeker's allowance, income support or income-related employment and support allowance ”;

c

in subsection (4), for paragraph (b) substitute—

b

so as to apply to all or any of the benefits mentioned in subsection (3).

3

In section 17 (recoupment: further provisions), in subsection (1), for “or income support”, in both places, substitute “ , income support or income-related employment and support allowance ”.

4

In that section, at the end insert—

5

In this section and section 16 “income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance).