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The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/2534 · Made 2 October 2013

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Social Security

Made 2nd October 2013

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

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2012 c.5.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2013.

2Appointed day

31st October 2013 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 66 (trainees) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, in so far as it is not already in force.

Signature

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

Freud

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Work and Pensions

2nd October 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the 12th Commencement Order made under the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5).

Section 66 of that Act (trainees) came into force on 30th October 2012 for the purpose only of exercising any power to make regulations: see article 2(5) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2012 (S.I.2012/2530, C.102).

Article 2 of this Order brings that section into force on 31st October 2013 for all remaining purposes.