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The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/1250 · Made 31 May 2013

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Social Security

Made 31st May 2013

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

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2012 c. 5.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day for personal independence payment
  3. 3Appointed days for powers to require information relating to investigations
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2013.

(2)

In this Order, “the 2012 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

2Appointed day for personal independence payment

The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the 2012 Act listed in article 7(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013f1 in relation to a person other than a person referred to in paragraph (1) of that article is 10th June 2013.

3Appointed days for powers to require information relating to investigations

The days appointed for the coming into force of section 110 of the 2012 Act (powers to require information relating to investigations) are—

(a)

17th June 2013 for the purpose of making regulations; and

(b)

1st October 2013 for all other purposes.

Signature

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

Esther McVey

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Work and Pensions

31st May 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the tenth Commencement Order made under the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5).

This Order brings into force the following provisions of that Act.

Article 2 brings into force provisions relating to personal independence payment so that they apply to people in respect of whom those provisions were not commenced by the eighth Commencement Order under that Act (the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/358)). Under that Order, the personal independence payment provisions were commenced only in relation to people whose only or principal residence was in a postcode listed in Schedule 3 to that Order. The day appointed for the coming into force of these provisions is 10th June 2013.

Article 3 brings into force section 110 which contains powers to make regulations prescribing descriptions of persons who are required to provide information relating to investigations. The days appointed for the coming into force of that section are 17th June 2013 for regulation-making purposes and 1st October 2013 for all other purposes.