# The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2016

S.R. 2016/166 · made 15 March 2016

This Order:brings into force provisions of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 relating to requirements to consider revising a decision before appeal, andamends the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016 in respect of provision relating to employment and support allowance.

Made under: The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Article 2)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015-commencement-no-2-order-2016/pdf/nisr_20160166_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Social Security
Made 15th March 2016
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 2(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.
Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of that Order.

## 1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2016.

## 2 Provisions coming into force on 17th March 2016

The following provisions in Part 6 (social security: general) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 come into force on 17th March 2016—
(a) Article 107(1) to (6);
(b) in Schedule 11, paragraphs 1 to 8 and 12 to 15.

## 3 Amendment of earlier commencement order

In the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016, in Article 5, for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) in Chapter 2 (employment and support allowance)—
(i) Article 57(4) comes into force on 17th March 2016;
(ii) Article 57(1) to (3) and Article 58 come into force on 28th November 2016;”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Priti Patel
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
15th March 2016

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order:
brings into force provisions of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 relating to requirements to consider revising a decision before appeal, and
amends the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016 in respect of provision relating to employment and support allowance.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/166 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015-commencement-no-2-order-2016
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.