The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No.7) Order 2013
S.I. 2013/178 · Made 30 January 2013
Social Security
Made 30th January 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)(a) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012f1.
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Footnotes
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Contents
1Citation
This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2013.
2Appointed days
Except as specified in paragraphs (2) and (3), section 120 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (loss of tax credits) comes into force on 6th April 2013.
Subsection (2) of that section and subsection (1) of that section in so far as it relates to it come into force on 1st February 2013 only for the purpose of making regulations and orders.
Subsection (4) of that section and subsection (1) of that section in so far as it relates to it come into force on 1st February 2013.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Freud
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
30th January 2013
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This is the seventh Commencement Order made under the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5).
Article 2 brings into force section 120 of that Act which amends the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21). Subsection (2) (only for the purpose of making regulations and orders) and subsection (4) (and subsection (1) in so far as it relates to those subsections) come into force on 1st February 2013. For all other purposes, that section comes into force on 6th April 2013.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations.