Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2016 No. 166 (C. 11)

Social Security

The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2016

Made

15th March 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 2015(1).

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

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2016.

Provisions coming into force on 17th March 2016

2.  The following provisions in Part 6 (social security: general) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 come into force on 17th March 2016—

(a) Article 107(1) to (6);

(b) in Schedule 11, paragraphs 1 to 8 and 12 to 15.

Amendment of earlier commencement order

3.  In the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016(2), in Article 5, for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) in Chapter 2 (employment and support allowance)—

(i) Article 57(4) comes into force on 17th March 2016;

(ii) Article 57(1) to (3) and Article 58 come into force on 28th November 2016;”.

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

Priti Patel

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

15th March 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order:

• brings into force provisions of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 relating to requirements to consider revising a decision before appeal, and

• amends the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016 in respect of provision relating to employment and support allowance.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. No.
Article 53	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 56	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 57 (partially)	17th March 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 57 (for remaining purposes)	28th November 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 58	28th November 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 59	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 64	16th January 2017	2016 No. 46
Article 77	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 78	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 79	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 101	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 102	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 109 (partially)	4th April 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 111	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 112	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 113	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 115	4th April 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 116	4th April 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 120	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 121	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 122	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 123	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 124	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 125	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 127	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 129	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 130	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 131	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 132	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 133	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 135	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 136	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 137	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 138	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 139	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Article 140	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Part 2 of Schedule 12	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46
Part 12 of Schedule 12	17th February 2016	2016 No. 46

(1)

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

(2)

S.R. 2016 No. 46 (C. 2).