Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019

Jobseeker’s allowance - repeal of section 142B and consequential amendments

8. (1) The Principal Act is amended—

(a) in section 141A—

(i) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “142(1A) or, as the case may be, section 142A(1A)” for “142(1A), 142A(1A) or, as the case may be, section 142B(1A)”,

(ii) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “142(1A) or, as the case may be, section 142A(1A)” for “142(1A), 142A(1A) or, as the case may be, section 142B(1A)”, and

(iii) in subsection (7), by the substitution of “142(1A) or, as the case may be, section 142A(1A)” for “142(1A), 142A(1A) or, as the case may be, section 142B(1A)”,

(b) in section 141B—

(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “142(1A) or, as the case may be, section 142A(1A)” for “142(1A), 142A(1A) or, as the case may be, section 142B(1A)”, and

(ii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “142(1A) or, as the case may be, section 142A(1A)” for “142(1A), 142A(1A) or, as the case may be, section 142B(1A)”,

(c) in section 142—

(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “142A, 144” for “142A, 142B, 144”, and

(ii) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “subsection (2)(a)(iii) and section 142A(a)(iii),” for “subsection (2) (a) (iii), section 142A(2) (a) (iii) and section 142B(2)(a)(iii),” in each place where it occurs,

(d) by the repeal of section 142B,

(e) in section 198(1A), by the substitution of “142A, 197(2) ” for “142A, 142B, 197(2) ”, and

(f) in Part 1 (amended by section 23 of the Act of 2018) of Schedule 4, by the deletion of reference 1(d).

(2) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2020.