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The Child Poverty Act 2010 (Extension of Publication Deadline) Order 2015

S.I. 2015/83 · Made 23 January 2015

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Children And Young Persons

Made 23rd January 2015

Laid before Parliament 30th January 2015

Coming into force 6th March 2015

Following a request by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, the Minister of State for Schools makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8B(5) of the Child Poverty Act 2010f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2010 c.9. Section 8 is substituted, and sections 8A to 8C are inserted, by section 145 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 13 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 c.5 (“the 2012 Act”).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Commencement
  2. 2Extension of publication deadline for 2015
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and Commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Child Poverty Act 2010 (Extension of Publication Deadline) Order 2015.

(2)

It comes into force on 6th March 2015.

2Extension of publication deadline for 2015

The publication deadline, before which the Commission would otherwise be required by section 8B(1) of the Child Poverty Act 2010f1 to publish its third annual report, is extended from 8th May 2015 to 18th December 2015.

Signature

David Laws

Minister of State

Department for Education

23rd January 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 8B(1) of the Child Poverty Act 2010 requires the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (“the Commission”) to publish reports annually before 8th May in each year. This Order, made under section 8B(5) of that Act following a request by the Commission, extends the publication deadline so that the report may be published at any time before 18th December 2015.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.