2016 No. 166 (C. 11)

Social Security

The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2016
Made
15th March 2016
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 2(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 .
Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of that Order.

Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2016.

Provisions coming into force on 17th March 2016
2
The following provisions in Part 6 (social security: general) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 come into force on 17th March 2016—
a
Article 107(1) to (6);
b
in Schedule 11, paragraphs 1 to 8 and 12 to 15.

Amendment of earlier commencement order
3
In the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016 , in Article 5, for paragraph (a) substitute—
a
in Chapter 2 (employment and support allowance)—
i
Article 57(4) comes into force on 17th March 2016;
ii
Article 57(1) to (3) and Article 58 come into force on 28th November 2016;
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Priti Patel
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
15th March 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order:
- brings into force provisions of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 relating to requirements to consider revising a decision before appeal, and
- amends the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016 in respect of provision relating to employment and support allowance.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.R. No.
Article 53 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 56 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 57 (partially) | 17th March 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 57 (for remaining purposes) | 28th November 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 58 | 28th November 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 59 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 64 | 16th January 2017 | 2016 No. 46
Article 77 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 78 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 79 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 101 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 102 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 109 (partially) | 4th April 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 111 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 112 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 113 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 115 | 4th April 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 116 | 4th April 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 120 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 121 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 122 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 123 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 124 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 125 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 127 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 129 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 130 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 131 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 132 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 133 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 135 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 136 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 137 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 138 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 139 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Article 140 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Part 2 of Schedule 12 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
Part 12 of Schedule 12 | 17th February 2016 | 2016 No. 46
S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1).
S.R. 2016 No. 46 (C. 2).