Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016

Final

34 Power to make consequential provision

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make such amendments and revocations of subordinate legislation (whenever made) as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in consequence of any provision of this Act.

(2) In this section “subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978.

(3) Regulations under this section must be made by statutory instrument.

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

35 Extent

(1) The following provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—

(a) section 1 (full employment: reporting obligation);

(b) section 4 (children living in low-income households),

(c) sections 5, 6 and 7 (life chances);

(d) section 11(2) and (6) (freeze of rates of child benefit for four tax years);

(e) section 12 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 (freeze of certain tax credit amounts for four tax years);

(f) section 13 (changes to child tax credit);

(g) section 34, this section, section 36 and section 37.

(2) The following provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales—

(a) section 2 (apprenticeships reporting obligation);

(b) section 3 (support for troubled families: reporting obligation);

(c) sections 23 to 33 and Schedule 2 (reduction in social housing rents).

(3) The following provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales and Scotland—

(a) sections 8, 9 and 10 (benefit cap and review of benefit cap);

(b) section 11(1), (3), (4) and (5) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (freeze of certain social security benefits for four tax years);

(c) section 14 (changes to child element of universal credit);

(d) section 15 (employment and support allowance: work-related activity component);

(e) section 16 (universal credit: limited capability for work element);

(f) section 17 (universal credit: work-related requirements);

(g) sections 18 to 21 (loans for mortgage interest etc);

(h) section 22 (expenses of paying sums in respect of vehicle hire etc).

36 Commencement

(1) The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day on which it is passed—

(a) section 9(6) and (7);

(b) sections 11 and 12 and Schedule 1;

(c) section 23(3) and (4);

(d) section 25;

(e) paragraphs 6 and 9 of Schedule 2 and section 26, so far as relating to paragraphs 6 and 9;

(f) section 34, section 35, this section and section 37.

(2) The following provisions of this Act come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning on the day on which it is passed—

(a) section 1;

(b) section 2;

(c) section 4;

(d) sections 5, 6 and 7.

(3) Sections 8 and 9(1) to (5) come into force—

(a) for the purposes of making regulations, on the day on which this Act is passed;

(b) for remaining purposes, on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.

(4) Section 13 comes into force—

(a) for the purposes of making regulations, on the day on which this Act is passed;

(b) for remaining purposes, on 6 April 2017.

(5) Sections 23, 24 and 26 to 33 and Schedule 2, so far as not brought into force by subsection (1), come into force—

(a) for the purposes of making regulations, on the day on which this Act is passed;

(b) for remaining purposes, on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.

(6) The remaining provisions of this Act come into force on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.

(7) Regulations under subsection (3), (5) or (6) may—

(a) appoint different days for different areas;

(b) appoint different days for different cases or purposes.

(8) Regulations under subsection (3), (5) or (6) may make such transitional or transitory provision or savings as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient in connection with the coming into force of the provisions to which they relate.

(9) Section 176 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (consultation with representative organisations) does not apply in relation to regulations under this section so far as relating to section 8 or 9.

(10) Regulations under this section must be made by statutory instrument.

37 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016.