(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force provisions in the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c. 7) relating to loans for mortgage interest.
Regulation 2 brings section 20(2) to (7) and (10) (which contains consequential amendments to primary legislation) into force on 27th July 2017.
Those consequential amendments:
bring regulations about loans for mortgage interest within the remit of the Social Security Advisory Committee (section 20(2));
apply various procedural provisions that apply to social security benefits to decisions about loans for mortgage interest (section 20(3) to (7));
apply provisions on information sharing between the Secretary of State and local authorities and other persons to loans for mortgage interest (section 20(10)).