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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2008 No. 93 (C. 3)
Social Security
The Welfare Reform (2007 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008
Made
7th March 2008
The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60(1) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(1).
Citation and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform (2007 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.
Appointed days
2. The day appointed for the coming into operation of—
(a)section 30(2) and (3) of the Act (local housing allowance), for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, is 10th March 2008; and
(b)section 30 of the Act in so far as not already in operation, in Schedule 8 to the Act the repeal of section 129(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act and section 58 of the Act in so far as it relates to that repeal, is 7th April 2008.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 7th March 2008
(L.S.)
John O’Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the coming into operation of provisions of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 relating to housing benefit as follows—
section 30(2) and (3) (local housing allowance), for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, on 10th March 2008; and
section 30, in so far as not already in operation, and a consequential repeal, on 7th April 2008.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 have been brought into operation by earlier commencement orders as from the dates shown.
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.R. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Sections 38(1), 48 and 49 | 8th October 2007 | 2007 No. 429 (C. 27) |
| Section 52 (partially) | 19th July 2007 | 2007 No. 335 (C. 23) |
| 10th August 2007 | ||
| Section 54 (partially) | 8th October 2007 | 2007 No. 429 (C. 27) |
| 29th October 2007 | ||
| Sections 56 and 58 (partially) | 8th October 2007 | 2007 No. 429 (C. 27) |
| Schedule 6 (partially) | 19th July 2007 | 2007 No. 335 (C. 23) |
| 10th August 2007 | ||
| Schedules 7 and 8 (partially) | 8th October 2007 | 2007 No. 429 (C. 27) |
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