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The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 29 and Commencement No. 17, 19, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2017

S.I. 2017/664 · Made 19 May 2017

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Social Security

Made 19th May 2017

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 150(3) and (4)(a), (b)(i) and (c) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2012 c. 5.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Modification of the No. 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 5th July 2017
  4. 4Modification of the No. 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 12th July 2017
  5. 5Modification of the No. 17, 19, 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 19th July 2017
  6. 6Modification of the No. 24 Order: removal of the gateway conditions from 6th September 2017
  7. 7Modification of the No. 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 13th September 2017
  8. 8Modification of the No. 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 20th September 2017
  9. 9Modification of the No. 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 27th September 2017
  10. 10Modifications in consequence of removal of the gateway conditions: the No. 17 Order
  11. 11Modifications in consequence of removal of the gateway conditions: the No. 19 Order
  12. 12Modifications in consequence of removal of the gateway conditions: the No. 22 Order
  13. 13Modifications in consequence of removal of the gateway conditions: the No. 24 Order
  14. 14Modification of the No. 23 Order: claims for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit
  15. 15Appointed day
  16. Signature
  17. Schedule: POSTCODE DISTRICTS AND PART-DISTRICTS
  18. 1Part 1
  19. 2Part 2
  20. 3Part 3
  21. 4Part 4
  22. 5Part 5
  23. 6Part 6
  24. 7Part 7
  25. 8Part 8
  26. 9Part 9
  27. 10Part 10
  28. 11Part 11
  29. 12Part 12
  30. 13Part 13
  31. 14Part 14
  32. 15Part 15
  33. 16Part 16
  34. 17Part 17
  35. 18Part 18
  36. 19Part 19
  37. 20Part 20
  38. 21Part 21
  39. 22Part 22
  40. 23Part 23
  41. 24Part 24
  42. 25Part 25
  43. 26Part 26
  44. 27Part 27
  45. 28Part 28
  46. 29Part 29
  47. 30Part 30
  48. 31Part 31
  49. 32Part 32
  50. 33Part 33
  51. 34Part 34
  52. 35Part 35
  53. 36Part 36
  54. 37Part 37
  55. 38Part 38
  56. 39Part 39
  57. 40Part 40
  58. 41Part 41
  59. 42Part 42
  60. 43Part 43
  61. 44Part 44
  62. 45Part 45
  63. 46Part 46
  64. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 29 and Commencement No. 17, 19, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2017.

2Interpretation

(1)

In this Order—

  • “claimant”—

    1. (a)

      in relation to an employment and support allowance, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007f1;

    2. (b)

      in relation to a jobseeker’s allowance, has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995f2 (as it applies apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 that remove references to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance);

    3. (c)

      in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012f3;

  • “the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987f4;

  • “employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;

  • “jobseeker’s allowance” means a jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995;

  • “the No. 17 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014f5;

  • “the No. 19 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014f6;

  • “the No. 22 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 22 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015f7;

  • “the No. 23 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015f8;

  • “the No. 24 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2015f9;

  • “the September 2016 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 19, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2016f10.

(2)

In this Order, references to “designated postcodes”, by numbered “Part”, are to any postcode district or part-district in the corresponding numbered Part of the Schedule to this Order.

(3)

For the purposes of this Order, the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013f11 apply for the purpose of deciding—

(a)

whether a claim for universal credit is made; and

(b)

the date on which the claim is made.

(4)

For the purposes of this Order, the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987 apply, subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), for the purposes of deciding—

(a)

whether a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance is made; and

(b)

the date on which the claim is made or treated as made.

(5)

Subject to paragraph (6), for the purposes of this Order—

(a)

a person makes a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance if that person takes any action which results in a decision on a claim being required under the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987; and

(b)

it is irrelevant that the effect of any provision of those Regulations is that, for the purposes of those Regulations, the claim is made or treated as made at a date that is earlier than the date on which that action is taken.

(6)

Where, by virtue of—

(a)

regulation 6(1F)(b) or (c) of the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987f12, in the case of a claim for an employment and support allowance; or

(b)

regulation 6(4ZA) to (4ZD) and (4A)(a)(i) and (b) of those Regulationsf13, in the case of a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance,

a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance is treated as made at a date that is earlier than the date on which the action referred to in paragraph (5)(a) is taken, the claim is treated as made on that earlier date.

3Modification of the No. 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 5th July 2017

(1)

This article applies in the case of a claim for universal credit that is made, or a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance that is made or treated as made, on or after 5th July 2017.

(2)

Where this article applies, the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (l) have effect, with respect to a claimant residing in the relevant designated postcodes, as though the reference in those provisions to meeting the gateway conditions were omitted—

(a)

articles 3(2)(a) and 4(2)(a) and (b) of the No. 22 Orderf1, in respect of the Part 1 designated postcodes;

(b)

articles 3(2)(c) and 4(2)(e) and (f) of the No. 22 Orderf2, in respect of the Part 2 designated postcodes;

(c)

articles 3(2)(f) and 4(2)(k) and (l) of the No. 22 Orderf3, in respect of the Part 3 designated postcodes;

(d)

articles 3(2)(g) and 4(2)(m) and (n) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 4 designated postcodes;

(e)

articles 3(2)(l) and 4(2)(w) and (x) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 5 designated postcodes;

(f)

articles 3(2)(t) and 4(2)(mm) and (nn) of the No. 22 Orderf4, in respect of the Part 6 designated postcodes;

(g)

articles 3(2)(a) and 4(2)(a) and (b) of the No. 24 Orderf5, in respect of the Part 7 designated postcodes;

(h)

articles 3(2)(f) and 4(2)(k) and (l) of the No. 24 Orderf6, in respect of the Part 8 designated postcodes;

(i)

articles 3(2)(i) and 4(2)(q) and (r) of the No. 24 Orderf7, in respect of the Part 9 designated postcodes;

(j)

articles 3(2)(l) and 4(2)(w) and (x) of the No. 24 Orderf8, in respect of the Part 10 designated postcodes;

(k)

articles 3(2)(aa) and 4(2)(aaa) and (bbb) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 11 designated postcodes;

(l)

articles 3(2)(bb) and 4(2)(ccc) and (ddd) of the No. 24 Orderf9, in respect of the Part 12 designated postcodes.

4Modification of the No. 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 12th July 2017

(1)

This article applies in the case of a claim for universal credit that is made, or a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance that is made or treated as made, on or after 12th July 2017.

(2)

Where this article applies, the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (i) have effect, with respect to a claimant residing in the relevant designated postcodes, as though the reference in those provisions to meeting the gateway conditions were omitted—

(a)

articles 3(2)(a) and 4(2)(a) and (b) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 13 designated postcodes;

(b)

articles 3(2)(e) and 4(2)(i) and (j) of the No. 22 Orderf1, in respect of the Part 14 designated postcodes;

(c)

articles 3(2)(g) and 4(2)(m) and (n) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 15 designated postcodes;

(d)

articles 3(2)(h) and 4(2)(o) and (p) of the No. 22 Orderf2, in respect of the Part 16 designated postcodes;

(e)

articles 3(2)(j) and 4(2)(s) and (t) of the No. 22 Orderf3, in respect of the Part 17 designated postcodes;

(f)

articles 3(2)(n) and 4(2)(aa) and (bb) of the No. 22 Orderf4, in respect of the Part 18 designated postcodes;

(g)

articles 3(2)(s) and 4(2)(kk) and (ll) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 19 designated postcodes;

(h)

articles 3(2)(a) and 4(2)(a) and (b) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 20 designated postcodes;

(i)

articles 3(2)(l) and 4(2)(w) and (x) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 21 designated postcodes.

5Modification of the No. 17, 19, 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 19th July 2017

(1)

This article applies in the case of a claim for universal credit that is made, or a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance that is made or treated as made, on or after 19th July 2017.

(2)

Where this article applies, the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (j) have effect, with respect to a claimant residing in the relevant designated postcodes, as though the reference in those provisions to meeting the gateway conditions were omitted—

(a)

articles 3(2)(a) and 4(2)(a) of the No. 17 Order, in respect of the Part 22 designated postcodes;

(b)

articles 3(2)(i) and 4(2)(i) of the No. 17 Order, in respect of the Part 23 designated postcodes;

(c)

articles 3(2)(k) and 4(2)(k) of the No. 17 Order, in respect of the Part 24 designated postcodes;

(d)

articles 3(2)(b) and 4(2)(b) of the No. 19 Order, in respect of the Part 25 designated postcodes;

(e)

articles 3(2)(g) and 4(2)(m) and (n) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 26 designated postcodes;

(f)

articles 3(2)(h) and 4(2)(o) and (p) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 27 designated postcodes;

(g)

articles 3(2)(d) and 4(2)(g) and (h) of the No. 24 Orderf1, in respect of the Part 28 designated postcodes;

(h)

articles 3(2)(h) and 4(2)(o) and (p) of the No. 24 Orderf2, in respect of the Part 29 designated postcodes;

(i)

articles 3(2)(p) and 4(2)(ee) and (ff) of the No. 24 Orderf3, in respect of the Part 30 designated postcodes;

(j)

articles 3(2)(q) and 4(2)(gg) and (hh) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 31 designated postcodes.

6Modification of the No. 24 Order: removal of the gateway conditions from 6th September 2017

(1)

This article applies in the case of a claim for universal credit that is made, or a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance that is made or treated as made, on or after 6th September 2017.

(2)

Where this article applies, the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) have effect, with respect to a claimant residing in the relevant designated postcodes, as though the reference in those provisions to meeting the gateway conditions were omitted—

(a)

articles 3(2)(d) and 4(2)(g) and (h) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 32 designated postcodes;

(b)

articles 3(2)(p) and 4(2)(ee) and (ff) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 33 designated postcodes.

7Modification of the No. 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 13th September 2017

(1)

This article applies in the case of a claim for universal credit that is made, or a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance that is made or treated as made, on or after 13th September 2017.

(2)

Where this article applies, the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) have effect, with respect to a claimant residing in the relevant designated postcodes, as though the reference in those provisions to meeting the gateway conditions were omitted—

(a)

articles 3(2)(a) and 4(2)(a) and (b) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 34 designated postcodes;

(b)

articles 3(2)(c) and 4(2)(e) and (f) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 35 designated postcodes;

(c)

articles 3(2)(h) and 4(2)(o) and (p) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 36 designated postcodes;

(d)

articles 3(2)(o) and 4(2)(cc) and (dd) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 37 designated postcodes;

(e)

articles 3(2)(aa) and 4(2)(aaa) and (bbb) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 38 designated postcodes.

8Modification of the No. 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 20th September 2017

(1)

This article applies in the case of a claim for universal credit that is made, or a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance that is made or treated as made, on or after 20th September 2017.

(2)

Where this article applies, the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) have effect, with respect to a claimant residing in the relevant designated postcodes, as though the reference in those provisions to meeting the gateway conditions were omitted—

(a)

articles 3(2)(l) and 4(2)(w) and (x) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 39 designated postcodes;

(b)

articles 3(2)(a) and 4(2)(a) and (b) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 40 designated postcodes;

(c)

articles 3(2)(q) and 4(2)(gg) and (hh) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 41 designated postcodes.

9Modification of the No. 22 and 24 Orders: removal of the gateway conditions from 27th September 2017

(1)

This article applies in the case of a claim for universal credit that is made, or a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance that is made or treated as made, on or after 27th September 2017.

(2)

Where this article applies, the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) have effect, with respect to a claimant residing in the relevant designated postcodes, as though the reference in those provisions to meeting the gateway conditions were omitted—

(a)

articles 3(2)(f) and 4(2)(k) and (l) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 42 designated postcodes;

(b)

articles 3(2)(l) and 4(2)(w) and (x) of the No. 22 Order, in respect of the Part 43 designated postcodes;

(c)

articles 3(2)(c) and 4(2)(e) and (f) of the No. 24 Orderf1, in respect of the Part 44 designated postcodes;

(d)

articles 3(2)(l) and 4(2)(w) and (x) of the No. 24 Order, in respect of the Part 45 designated postcodes;

(e)

articles 3(2)(r) and 4(2)(ii) and (jj) of the No. 24 Orderf2, in respect of the Part 46 designated postcodes.

10Modifications in consequence of removal of the gateway conditions: the No. 17 Order

(1)

This article applies in the case of a claim in relation to which provisions of the No. 17 Order are modified under article 5(2)(a), (b) or (c).

(2)

Where this article applies, the No. 17 Order has effect as though—

(a)

in article 2(1) (interpretation), the definition of “gateway conditions” were omitted;

(b)

in article 3(2)(b), (d), (f), (h), (j) and (l) (coming into force of the universal credit provisions and incorrect information)f1—

(i)

in paragraph (i), “or meeting the gateway conditions” and “or does not meet the gateway conditions” were omitted;

(ii)

in paragraph (ii), “or meeting the gateway conditions” and “or does not or do not meet those conditions” were omitted;

(iii)

in paragraph (iii), “or meeting the gateway conditions” were omitted;

(c)

in article 3(5) (article 3A of the No. 9 Order and incorrect information)f2—

(i)

for the text from “No. 8” to “No. 13 relevant district” there were substituted “numbered relevant district referred to in paragraph (2)”;

(ii)

“or meeting the gateway conditions” were omitted in both places it occurs;

(d)

in article 4(2)(b), (d), (f), (h), (j) and (l) (abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker’s allowance and incorrect information)f3—

(i)

in paragraph (i), “or meeting the gateway conditions” and “or does not meet the gateway conditions” were omitted;

(ii)

in paragraph (ii), “or meeting the gateway conditions” and “or does not or do not meet those conditions” were omitted;

(iii)

in paragraph (iii), “or meeting the gateway conditions” were omitted; and

(e)

for article 4(7) (claims by couples)f4 there were substituted—

“(7)

Paragraphs (1A) and (1B) of article 5 of the No. 9 Order apply for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), (c), (e), (g), (i) and (k) as they apply for the purposes of article 4(2)(a) of the No. 9 Order (but as if the references in paragraph (1A) to Schedule 5 to the No. 9 Order were omitted).”.

11Modifications in consequence of removal of the gateway conditions: the No. 19 Order

(1)

This article applies in the case of a claim in relation to which provisions of the No. 19 Order are modified under article 5(2)(d).

(2)

Where this article applies, the modifications to the No. 19 Order made by article 13(2) of the September 2016 Order have effect.

12Modifications in consequence of removal of the gateway conditions: the No. 22 Order

(1)

This article applies in the case of a claim in relation to which provisions of the No. 22 Order are modified under—

(a)

article 3(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f);

(b)

article 4(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g);

(c)

article 5(2)(e) or (f);

(d)

article 7(2)(a) or (b);

(e)

article 8(2)(a); or

(f)

article 9(2)(a) or (b).

(2)

Where this article applies, the modifications to the No. 22 Order made by article 14(2) of the September 2016 Order have effect.

13Modifications in consequence of removal of the gateway conditions: the No. 24 Order

(1)

This article applies in the case of a claim in relation to which provisions of the No. 24 Order are modified under—

(a)

article 3(2)(g), (h), (i), (j), (k) or (l);

(b)

article 4(2)(h) or (i);

(c)

article 5(2)(g), (h), (i) or (j);

(d)

article 6(2);

(e)

article 7(2)(c), (d) or (e);

(f)

article 8(2)(b) or (c); or

(g)

article 9(2)(c), (d) or (e).

(2)

Where this article applies, the modifications to the No. 24 Order made by article 15(2) of the September 2016 Order have effect.

14Modification of the No. 23 Order: claims for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit

Article 7 of the No. 23 Order (prevention of claims for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit)f1 applies as though the reference in paragraph (1) of that article to article 3(1) and (2)(a) to (c) of that Order included—

(a)

a reference to paragraph (1) and sub-paragraphs (a), (i) and (k) of paragraph (2) of article 3 of the No. 17 Order, in respect of claims in relation to which those sub-paragraphs are modified respectively by article 5(2)(a), 5(2)(b) and 5(2)(c) of this Order;

(b)

a reference to paragraph (1) and sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) of article 3 of the No. 19 Order, in respect of claims in relation to which that sub-paragraph is modified by article 5(2)(d) of this Order;

(c)

a reference to paragraph (1) and sub-paragraphs (e), (j), (n), (s) and (t) of paragraph (2) of article 3 of the No. 22 Order, in respect of claims in relation to which those sub-paragraphs are modified respectively by articles 4(2)(b), 4(2)(e), 4(2)(f), 4(2)(g) and 3(2)(f) of this Order;

(d)

a reference to paragraph (1) and sub-paragraphs (a), (c), (f), (g), (h) and (l) of paragraph (2) of article 3 of the No. 22 Order, in respect of claims in relation to which those sub-paragraphs are modified respectively by articles 3(2)(a), 4(2)(a) and 7(2)(a), articles 3(2)(b) and 7(2)(b), articles 3(2)(c) and 9(2)(a), articles 3(2)(d), 4(2)(c) and 5(2)(e), articles 4(2)(d) and 5(2)(f), and articles 3(2)(e), 8(2)(a) and 9(2)(b) of this Order;

(e)

a reference to paragraph (1) and sub-paragraphs (c), (f), (i), (o), (r) and (bb) of paragraph (2) of article 3 of the No. 24 Order, in respect of claims in relation to which those sub-paragraphs are modified respectively by articles 9(2)(c), 3(2)(h), 3(2)(i), 7(2)(d), 9(2)(e) and 3(2)(l) of this Order; and

(f)

a reference to paragraph (1) and sub-paragraphs (a), (d), (h), (l), (p), (q) and (aa) of paragraph (2) of article 3 of the No. 24 Order, in respect of claims in relation to which those sub-paragraphs are modified respectively by articles 3(2)(g), 4(2)(h) and 8(2)(b), articles 5(2)(g) and 6(2)(a), articles 5(2)(h) and 7(2)(c), articles 3(2)(j), 4(2)(i) and 9(2)(d), articles 5(2)(i) and 6(2)(b), articles 5(2)(j) and 8(2)(c), and articles 3(2)(k) and 7(2)(e) of this Order.

15Appointed day

19th June 2017 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 46(1) (sanctions) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 for the purpose of the substitution of section 19C (hardship payments) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.

Signature

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

Damian Hinds

Minister of State

Department for Work and Pensions

19th May 2017

1

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3

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4

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7

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9

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11

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12

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13

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16

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17

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18

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19

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20

  • SO32 1 and SO32 2.

  • SO50 6 and SO50 7.

  • SO50 9.

  • SO51 0 and SO51 1.

  • SO51 5.

  • SO51 7 to SO51 9.

  • SO52.

  • SO53 3 to SO53 5.

21

  • SO51 6.

22

  • M31.

  • M32.

  • M33 2.

  • M33 4 to M33 7.

  • M41.

  • WA14 1 and WA14 2.

  • WA14 5.

  • WA15 5 and WA15 6.

  • WA15 9.

23

  • M17 1.

  • M17 8.

24

  • CH1.

  • CH2.

  • CH3.

  • CH4 7 and CH4 8.

  • CW1.

  • CW2 6 to CW2 8.

  • CW3 0.

  • CW4.

  • CW5.

  • CW10.

  • CW11.

  • WA6.

  • WA14 3 and WA14 4.

25

  • M33 3.

  • WA15 0.

  • WA15 7 and WA15 8.

26

  • SS0.

  • SS1.

  • SS2 4.

  • SS9 0 and SS9 1.

27

  • ST7 2.

  • SY14 8.

28

  • CT9.

  • CT11 0.

  • CT11 7 to CT11 9.

29

  • W8.

  • W10 5 and W10 6.

  • W10 9.

  • W11.

30

  • CT13 0.

  • CT13 9.

31

  • CM18 6.

  • CM19 4.

  • CM20 1.

  • CM20 3.

  • CM20 9.

32

  • CT7 9.

  • CT8.

  • CT10.

  • CT11 1.

  • CT12.

33

  • CT7 0.

  • CT13 3.

34

  • YO19 4 and YO19 5.

  • YO26 7 to YO26 9.

  • YO30 1 and YO30 2.

  • YO32 5.

  • YO61.

  • YO90.

  • YO91.

35

  • S36 6 to S36 9.

  • S71 1 to S71 3.

  • S71 5.

  • S75 1 to S75 3.

  • S75 6.

36

  • LS24 0.

  • YO19 6.

  • YO23 2 and YO23 3.

  • YO23 7.

37

  • S35 5.

  • S35 7.

  • YO41.

  • YO42.

38

  • S71 4.

  • S75 4 and S75 5.

39

  • SS9 2 to SS9 4.

40

  • SS3 8.

41

  • CM17.

  • CM18 7.

  • CM19 5.

  • CM20 2.

  • CM21 9.

  • SS2 5 and SS2 6.

  • SS3 0.

  • SS3 9.

  • SS9 5.

42

  • DY3 2 and DY3 3.

  • DY5 1.

43

  • B92.

  • B93 3.

  • B93 9.

44

  • B93 0.

  • B93 8.

45

  • DY3 4.

46

  • DY3 1.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order modifies a series of prior Orders (the “prior commencement Orders”, defined below) bringing into force provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) (“the Act”) relating to universal credit (“UC”) and the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker’s allowance. Those prior commencement Orders are:

(a)

the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1583 (C. 61));

(b)

the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2321 (C. 99));

(c)

the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 22 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/101 (C. 6) (“the No. 22 Order”)); and

(d)

the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1537 (C. 87) (“the No. 24 Order”)).

Articles 3 and 4 of each of the prior commencement Orders brought into force respectively provisions relating to UC in Part 1 of the Act (“the UC provisions”), as set out in Schedule 2 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/983 (C. 41) (“the No. 9 Order”)), and provisions of the Act relating to the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker’s allowance (“the amending provisions”).

The modifications to the provisions of articles 3(2) and 4(2) of the prior commencement Orders by paragraph (2) of articles 3 to 9 of this Order remove the restrictions on claiming UC included in the prior commencement Orders (“the gateway conditions”, set out in Schedule 5 to the No. 9 Order) so that they do not apply to the specified provisions of articles 3(2) and 4(2) of the prior commencement Orders for the coming into force of the UC provisions and the amending provisions in the postcode districts and part-districts specified.

Articles 3 to 9 of this Order apply where claims are made (as the case may be) for universal credit, an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance on or after 5th, 12th and 19th July 2017; 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th September, respectively; and by reference to residence in one of the designated postcodes in the corresponding Part of the Schedule to this Order. See article 2(2) for the definition of these postcodes.

Articles 10 to 13 of this Order make consequential modifications to a number of similar provisions in each of the prior commencement Orders to remove references to meeting the gateway conditions. By virtue of the gateway conditions no longer applying, claims by couples will become possible for the first time in certain of the designated postcodes, those for which the UC provisions were commenced under the No. 22 Order and the No. 24 Order for single UC claimants only. The consequential modifications by articles 12 and 13 to those Orders also make provision for claims by couples.

Article 14 modifies article 7 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/634 (C. 32)) such that, save in specified cases, a person may not make a claim for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit on any date where, if that person made a claim for UC on that date, the UC provisions would come into force by virtue of any of the sub-paragraphs of article 3(2) of the prior commencement Orders modified by paragraph (2) of articles 3 to 9 of this Order.

Article 15 commences section 46(1) of the Act for the purpose of substituting section 19C of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”). Section 19C provides a power to make regulations under the 1995 Act for the making of hardship payments to claimants whose award of jobseeker’s allowance is reduced under sections 19 to 19B of that Act. Section 46(1) (sanctions) substitutes sections 19 to 19C of the 1995 Act. Sections 19 to 19B were brought into force in 2012 by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1246 (C. 42)) for the purposes of making regulations and by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2530 (C. 102)) for all remaining purposes.