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The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2016

S.R. 2016/325 · Made 8 September 2016

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Social Security

Made 8th September 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 2015f1.

Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of that Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

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

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 9th September 2016
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2016.

2Provisions coming into force on 9th September 2016

(1)

The following provisions of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 come into force on 9th September 2016.

(2)

In Part 4 (other benefit changes), Article 75.

(3)

In Part 6 (social security: general), Articles 117 and 118 for remaining purposes.

Signature

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

Freud

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

8th September 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force Articles 75, 117 and 118 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015. Article 75 relates to housing benefit and Articles 117 and 118 relate to sanctions for benefit offences.