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The Welfare Reform Act (Relevant Enactment) Order 2009

S.I. 2009/2162 · Made 3 August 2009

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Social Security, England And Wales

Made 3rd August 2009

Laid before Parliament 10th August 2009

Coming into force 1st September 2009

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(7) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c. 5.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Relevant enactment
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act (Relevant Enactment) Order 2009.

(2)

It comes into force on 1st September 2009.

2Relevant enactment

A relevant enactment for the purposes of section 42(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (information relating to certain benefits) is section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003f1 (power to pay grant).

3Revocation

The Welfare Reform Act (Relevant Enactment) Order 2008f1 is revoked.

Signature

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

Angela Eagle

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

3rd August 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Information relating to certain benefits may be supplied under section 42(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 to a person referred to in section 42(4) for purposes connected with the application of a grant paid under “a relevant enactment” towards expenditure incurred by the recipient of the grant in providing welfare services. This Order specifies that section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 is a relevant enactment. Section 31 of that Act provides that a Minister of the Crown or the National Assembly for Wales may pay grants to local authorities in, respectively, England and Wales, towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by a local authority.

This Order also revokes the Welfare Reform Act (Relevant Enactment) Order 2008 which provided for section 93 of the Local Government Act 2000 to be a relevant enactment for the purposes of section 42(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007.

A full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.