The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015

Duties of the Department

Duty to ensure availability of advice and assistance

138.  The Department must ensure that advice and assistance are made available free of charge to persons making a claim under this Order in connection with that claim.

Duty to report on operation of this Order

139.—(1) The Department must, not later than 3 years after this Order is made, publish a report on the operation of this Order.

(2) The Department must lay the report before the Assembly.