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The Welfare Reform (2007 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008

S.R. 2008/93 · Made 7 March 2008

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Social Security

Made 7th March 2008

The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60(1) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c. 2 (N.I.)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed days
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform (2007 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.

2Appointed days

The day appointed for the coming into operation of—

(a)

section 30(2) and (3) of the Act (local housing allowance), for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, is 10th March 2008; and

(b)

section 30 of the Act in so far as not already in operation, in Schedule 8 to the Act the repeal of section 129(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act and section 58 of the Act in so far as it relates to that repeal, is 7th April 2008.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 7th March 2008

(L.S.)

John O’Neill

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the coming into operation of provisions of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 relating to housing benefit as follows—

  • section 30(2) and (3) (local housing allowance), for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, on 10th March 2008; and

  • section 30, in so far as not already in operation, and a consequential repeal, on 7th April 2008.