{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2009-section-26-consequential-amendments-regulations-2010/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/424",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform Act 2009 (Section 26) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2009-section-26-consequential-amendments-regulations-2010",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations revoke and amend other Statutory Instruments in consequence of section 26 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24) (“the 2009 Act”), which comes into force on 22nd March 2010 by virtue of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitory Provision) Order 2010. Section 26 of the 2009 Act repeals sections 62 to 66 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19) (“the 2000 Act”), which provided for benefit sanctions to be applied to offenders found to be in breach of specified community orders.\nRegulations 2 to 5 and 7 to 11 make consequential amendments to the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 (S.I. 1975/556), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/991), the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1167), the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/4022), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213), the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/214), the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/215) and the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/216), in particular so as to remove references to sections 62 to 66 of the 2000 Act.\nRegulation 6 revokes the Social Security (Breach of Community Order) Regulations 2001.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/424/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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