Statutory Instruments
Social Security, England And Wales
Made
3rd August 2009
Laid before Parliament
10th August 2009
Coming into force
1st September 2009
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(7) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007(1).
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act (Relevant Enactment) Order 2009.
(2) It comes into force on 1st September 2009.
2. A relevant enactment for the purposes of section 42(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (information relating to certain benefits) is section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003(2) (power to pay grant).
3. The Welfare Reform Act (Relevant Enactment) Order 2008(3) is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Angela Eagle
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
3rd August 2009
(This note is not part of the Order)
Information relating to certain benefits may be supplied under section 42(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 to a person referred to in section 42(4) for purposes connected with the application of a grant paid under “a relevant enactment” towards expenditure incurred by the recipient of the grant in providing welfare services. This Order specifies that section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 is a relevant enactment. Section 31 of that Act provides that a Minister of the Crown or the National Assembly for Wales may pay grants to local authorities in, respectively, England and Wales, towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by a local authority.
This Order also revokes the Welfare Reform Act (Relevant Enactment) Order 2008 which provided for section 93 of the Local Government Act 2000 to be a relevant enactment for the purposes of section 42(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007.
A full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.