# The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, Paragraph 1: General


(1) Regulations may make provision for the purposes of, or in connection with, replacing existing benefits with universal credit.
(2) In this Schedule “existing benefit” means—
(a) a benefit abolished under Article 39(1);
(b) any other prescribed benefit.
(3) In this Schedule “appointed day” means the day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 6.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111141236/schedule/6/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015/schedule-6/paragraph-1
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