The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 31 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2019

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 31 and Savings and Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 21 and 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/37 (C. 1)).

The amendments are technical in nature and provide for the availability of benefit where universal credit is or would be unavailable to a member of a mixed-age couple of state pension credit qualifying age.