Recent Legislation

• This Act has been prepared by the Department for Work and Pensions and brings changes to the following:
• Employment and Support Allowance
• Housing benefit and council tax benefit
• Sharing and use of social security information
• Overpayment recovery
• Benefit fraud: local authority prosecution and investigation powers
• Benefit fraud: the "two strikes" rule
• Benefits for bereaved persons
• Disability living allowance: age conditions
• Social Fund
• Vaccine Damage Payments: overseas vaccinations
• Vaccine Damage Payments: appeals to appeal tribunals in Northern Ireland
• Compensation for Pneumoconiosis
• Attendance allowance/disability living allowance and care home residents
• Independent Living Funds
• Medical Examinations

• This Act received Royal Assent on 3rd May 2007
• Access to document:  Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) Document

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