Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5)

Part 5 U.K. Social security: general

Information-sharing involving local authorities etc E+W+S

133 Sections 130 to 132: supplementary E+W+S

(1) In sections 130 and 131—

• “benefit” includes any allowance, payment, credit or loan;

• “local authority” means—

  (a)

  a county or district council in England;

  (b)

  an eligible parish council (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Localism Act 2011);

  (c)

  a London borough council;

  (d)

  the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;

  (e)

  the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

  (f)

  a county or county borough council in Wales;

  (g)

  a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

• “prescribed” means prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(2) Any power to make regulations under sections 130 and 131 includes power—

(a) to make different provision for different purposes, cases and areas;

(b) to make such incidental, supplemental, consequential, transitional or saving provision as the Secretary of State thinks necessary or expedient.

(3) Regulations under sections 130 and 131 must be made by statutory instrument.

(4) A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 130 or 131 is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(5) Until the coming into force of provision for identifying eligible parish councils within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Localism Act 2011, the reference in subsection (1) to an eligible parish council within the meaning of that Chapter is to be read as a reference to an eligible parish council within the meaning of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2000.

(6) The following are repealed—

(a) sections 42 and 43 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;

(b) section 69(2)(a) of that Act.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 133(1)-(4) in force at 20.3.2012 by S.I. 2012/863, art. 2(1)(i)

I2 S. 133(6) in force at 2.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1651, art. 2 (with art. 3)