# The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008

S.I. 2008/3137 · made 9 December 2008

This Order brings into force on 1st January 2009 Part 4 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Part 4 relates to the Health in Pregnancy Grant. This is a universal one-off payment available to expectant mothers in the U.K. from the 25th week of their pregnancy.

Made under: Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Section 170, Section 171)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008-commencement-no-5-order-2008/pdf/uksi_20083137_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Social Security, England And Wales
Social Security, Northern Ireland
Made 9th December 2008
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 170(3) and (4) and 171(5) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, make the following Order:

## 1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008.

## 2 Appointed day for Part 4 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, relating to Health in Pregnancy Grant

1st January 2009 is the day appointed for the coming into force of Part 4 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

## Signature

Tony Cunningham
Frank Roy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
9th December 2008

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st January 2009 Part 4 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Part 4 relates to the Health in Pregnancy Grant. This is a universal one-off payment available to expectant mothers in the U.K. from the 25th week of their pregnancy.
Health in Pregnancy Grant will be paid from 6th April 2009 for women who have an expected delivery date on or after this date. In order to phase-in the administration of claims up to this point, claims for the Grant can be made from beginning of January 2009.
This Order is the fifth Commencement Order made under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3137 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008-commencement-no-5-order-2008
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.