Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (No. 2)

AI Summary of Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (No. 2)

Version status: Partly in force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes

Published date: 7 March 2008

		Future version	Amendment requiring commencement	Draft proposed change
	Introductory Text
	Acts Referred to
	Part 1 Preliminary and General (s. 1)
	1. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.
	Part 2 Amendment of Social Welfare Acts (ss. 2-25)
	2. Definitions.
	3. Child benefit - new rates.
	4. Early childcare supplement - increase in rate.
	5. Transfer of pension rights to EC institutions scheme.
	6. Illness benefit - improvement.
	7. State pension (non-contributory) - improvements.
	8. One-parent family payment - increase in income limit and amendment.
	9. Respite care grant - increase.
	10. Detention in legal custody.
	11. State pension (contributory) - homemakers.
	12. Blind welfare allowance.
	13. Blind welfare allowance - consequential amendments.
	14. Blind welfare allowance - commencement and transitional.
	15. Domiciliary care allowance.
	16. Domiciliary care allowance - consequential amendments.
	17. Domiciliary care allowance - commencement and transitional.
	18. Supplementary welfare allowance.
	19. Claims.
	20. Payments to persons other than claimant or beneficiary.
	21. Provisions with respect to habitual residence.
	22. Proceedings.
	23. Schedule 3, Part 2.
	24. Supplementary welfare allowance - calculation of weekly means.
	25. Amendments of Act of 2007.
	Part 3 Amendment of Pensions Act 1990 (ss. 26-29)
	26. Definitions.
	27. Registered administrators.
	28. Trustee training.
	29. Miscellaneous amendments of Pensions Act 1990.
	Part 4 Amendment of Other Acts (ss. 30-31)
	30. Amendment of Family Law Act 1995.
	31. Amendment of Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996.
	Schedule 1 Amendments Relating to Supplementary Welfare Allowance
	Schedule 2 Formal Amendments of the Pensions Act 1990