PART 3AMENDMENTS OF SECONDARY LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 1SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

Amendment of the Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Regulations 1975

21.—(1) The Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Regulations 1975(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (unemployment benefit)(2) —

(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)(3), 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,”.

(1)

S.I. 1975/493. Regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 1996/207, 2000/1982 and 2009/2054.

(2)

Regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 1996/207, 2000/1982 and 2009/2054.

(3)

Regulation 5 was amended by S.I 1996/1345.