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The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2016

S.R. 2016/166 · Made 15 March 2016

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Social Security

Made 15th March 2016

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 2(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015f1.

Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of that Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1).

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 17th March 2016
  3. 3Amendment of earlier commencement order
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2016.

2Provisions coming into force on 17th March 2016

The following provisions in Part 6 (social security: general) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 come into force on 17th March 2016—

(a)

Article 107(1) to (6);

(b)

in Schedule 11, paragraphs 1 to 8 and 12 to 15.

3Amendment of earlier commencement order

In the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016f1, in Article 5, for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

in Chapter 2 (employment and support allowance)—

(i)

Article 57(4) comes into force on 17th March 2016;

(ii)

Article 57(1) to (3) and Article 58 come into force on 28th November 2016;”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Priti Patel

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

15th March 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order:

  • brings into force provisions of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 relating to requirements to consider revising a decision before appeal, and

  • amends the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016 in respect of provision relating to employment and support allowance.