1.—(1) The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 137A (payments to persons affected by social sector size criteria in calculation of universal credit or housing benefit)—
(a)in paragraph (2)(a), for “a period which falls within the mitigation period” substitute “any time on or after the relevant date”,
(b)in paragraph (3)(a), for “a period which falls within the mitigation period” substitute “any time on or after the relevant date”,
(c)paragraph (4) is omitted,
(d)after paragraph (4) insert—
“(4A) The relevant date is 2nd January 2017.”.