Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016

Commencement

220. Section 36 sets out provision for commence of the Act’s provisions. The following come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning on the day the Act was passed:

     1. the statutory duty to report on full employment;
     2. the statutory duty to report on apprenticeships;
     3. the statutory duty to publish data on children in low-income households;
     4. the duty to report on children in workless households and educational attainment;
     5. the other amendments to the Child Poverty Act 2010; and

221. The following came into force on the day the Act was passed:

     1. the freeze of certain social security benefits and certain tax credit amounts;
     2. section 9(6)and (7) (current provisions that require an annual review of the benefit cap);
     3. provision enabling the Secretary of State to issue consents to the use by a registered provider of a different day "the permitted review day" as the basis for determining rents under section 23 and paragraph 1(5)(a)(ii)-(iv) of Schedule 2 (section 23(3) and (4) and paragraph 9 of Schedule 2);
     4. provision about exemptions for registered social landlords - section 25 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2; and

        various regulation making powers in relation to the benefit cap, changes to child tax credit and the social rent provisions.

222. The changes to tax credits will come into force on 6 April 2017 but for regulation making purposes on the day the Act was passed.

223. The other sections will come into force on dates appointed by the Secretary of State in regulations made by statutory instrument.