Section 198 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (5) (amended by section 14 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008) by substituting "Subject to subsections (10) and (11) and without prejudice to" for "Without prejudice to", and

(b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (9) (amended by section 11 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010):

"(10) The supplement referred to in subsection (5), payable towards the amount of mortgage interest payable by a person shall not be paid to any person on or after 1 January 2018.

(11) An application for the supplement referred to in subsection (5) shall not be made on or after 1 January 2014.".