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Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (No. 8)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Preliminary and General (ss. 1-2)1. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.2. Definitions.Part 2 Amendments to Social Welfare Acts (ss. 3-36)3. Amendment to definition of volunteer development worker.4. Child benefit new rates.5. Illness benefit improvements.6. Maternity benefit improvements.7. Adoptive benefit improvements.8. Jobseeker's benefit improvement.9. Jobseeker's allowance, pre-retirement allowance, disability allowance and farm assist amendments to means provisions.10. Cost of medical care amendments.11. Disqualifications from injury benefit or disablement benefit amendment.12. Carer's benefit entitlement to benefit.13. State pension (contributory) amendment.14. Qualified adult increase direct payment.15. Entitlement for invalidity pension recipients amendment.16. Invalidity pension amendment to entitlement to pension.17. Guardian's payment (contributory) and guardian's payment (non-contributory) amendments.18. Bereavement grant improvements.19. Widowed parent grant amendment.20. Jobseeker's allowance improvement.21. Pre-retirement allowance amendments.22. One-parent family payment increase in earnings limit.23. Relevant payments conditions for receipt.24. Payment of carer's allowance in certain circumstances.25. Supplementary welfare allowance amendments.26. Disability allowance amendment to disqualification.27. Child benefit amendment.28. Respite care grant increase in grant and amendments.29. Payments amendment.30. Habitual residence condition amendment.31. Disclosure of certain information.32. Personal public service number amendments.33. Budgeting in relation to social welfare payments amendment.34. Appointment of deciding officers amendment.36. Supplementary welfare allowance calculation of means amendments.35. Schedule 3 amendments.Part 3 Amendments to Pensions Act 1990 (s. 37)37. Amendments to Pensions Act 1990.Part 4 Miscellaneous Amendments to other Acts (ss. 38-39)39. Attendance before Public Accounts Committee amendments to other Acts.38. Amendment to Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.Schedule 1 Amendments to Supplementary Welfare AllowanceSchedule 2 Amendments to Pensions Act 1990Schedule 2, Part 3 Miscellaneous AmendmentsSchedule 2, Part 1 Amendments relating to Trust Retirement Annuity ContractsSchedule 2, Part 2 Amendments relating to Fines and PenaltiesSchedule 3 Attendance before Public Accounts CommitteeSchedule 3, Part 1 Amendment to Combat Poverty Agency Act 1986Schedule 3, Part 2 Amendment to Family Support Agency Act 2001
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AI Summary of 20. Jobseeker's allowance improvement.

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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 4 July 2007 - onwards
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20. Jobseeker's allowance improvement.

Section 142(1)(a)(ii) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after clause (I):

"(IA) widow's (non-contributory) pension or widower's (non-contributory) pension, but has ceased to be entitled to that pension by virtue of no longer being regarded as a widow or widower within the meaning of section 162(1), or".

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