Commentary on Sections Schedule 7: Jobseeker’s allowance in interim period: consequential amendments Section 60: Claimants dependent on drugs etc
314.Section 60 repeals section 17C of, and Schedule A1 to, JSA 1995, section 15A of, and Schedule 1A to, WRA 2007, and section 11 of, and Schedule 3 to, WRA 2009. Part 6 of Schedule 13 makes minor consequential repeals to those Acts and the SSA 1998.
315.The repeals remove in their entirety provisions in, or inserted by, the WRA 2009 which apply to persons claiming JSA or ESA who are dependent on, or have a propensity to misuse drugs, where their condition affects their prospects of obtaining or remaining in work. These provisions include requirements placed on claimants to engage in certain activities and also provisions in relation to voluntary and mandatory rehabilitation plans.