PART 3AMENDMENTS OF SECONDARY LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 1SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

Amendment of the Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Regulations 197521

1

The Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Regulations 197527 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 3 (unemployment benefit)28

a

in paragraph (1)—

i

after “for the purposes of” insert “section 6J,”; and

ii

after “(circumstances in which a jobseeker’s allowance is not payable)” insert “or section 26 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (higher-level sanctions)”; and

b

in paragraph (3), after “a jobseeker’s allowance” insert “or universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012”.

3

In regulation 5 (application of the Act, the Northern Ireland Act and regulations)29, after “or of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and regulations made under it,” insert “or Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and regulations made under it,”.