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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

11: Schedule 1, page 125, line 5, at end insert— ““Social welfare law (1) Civil legal services provided in respect of a social welfare decision relating to a benefit, allowance, payment, credit or pension under— (a) the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; (b) the Jobseekers Act 1995; (c) the State Pension Credit Act 2002; (d) the Tax Credits Act 2002; (e) the Welfare Reform Act 2007; (f) the Welfare Reform Act 2012; or (g) any other enactment relating to social security. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), ““civil legal services”” includes independent advice and assistance for a review, or appeal to a first-tier tribunal, of such a decision.””
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
735 c1781-2 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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