Article 3 Provisions coming into force on 31st March 2017

(1)

The following provisions of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 come into force on 31st March 2017.

(2)

In Part 4 (other benefit changes)—

(a)

Article 76(2) (abolition of the social fund commissioner);

(b)

paragraph 4 of Schedule 8.

(3)

In Part 7 of Schedule 12 (social fund: ending of discretionary payments: repeals), the repeals relating to—

(a)

Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

(b)

Article 37 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;

(c)

the Freedom of Information Act 2000.