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This Draft Statutory Instrument has been printed in substitution of the Draft Statutory Instrument of the same title, which was laid before Parliament and published on 22nd October 2012 (ISBN 978-0-11-152979-9), and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Draft Statutory Instrument.

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 49(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Disabled Persons, England

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Coming into force 12th December 2012

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 41, 44, 45(2), 46 and 50 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009^f1.

These Regulations are made for the purpose mentioned in section 38 of that Act and with a view to ascertaining the matters mentioned in section 44(2)(a) to (c) of that Act.

In accordance with section 47(1) of that Act the Secretary of State published a draft of these Regulations and invited representations to be made to the Secretary of State about the draft, by persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be affected by the Regulations, during the period 28th June to 21st September 2012.

A draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament pursuant to section 49(1) of that Act.

The Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury^f2 makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 2009 c. 24. Section 50 provides that ‘prescribed’ means specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations under section 41 of that Act.
f2: The consent of the Treasury is required by section 45(3)(a) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009.