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The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No 15) Order 2021

S.R. 2021/239 · Made 18 August 2021

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Social Security

Made 18th August 2021

The Department for Communitiesf1 makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 2(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015f2.

The Powers are exercisable by the Department by virtue of Article 2 the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Cessation of Transitory Provision) Order 2020f3.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))

f2

S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.1)

f3

S.I. 2020/927

Contents

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

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No 15) Order 2021.

2Appointed Day

The day appointed for the coming into operation of Paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 (universal credit: amendments) to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 is 19th August 2021

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 18th August 2021.

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation provisions in the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.

Article 2 brings paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 into operation on 19th August 2021 to amend Section 72(2)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act (NI) 1992 with regard to recovery of overpayments of Universal Credit.