Part 7: Final
Section 147: Repeals
747.Section 147 gives effect to Schedule 14 which makes provision for repeals resulting from provisions in the Act. The Schedule is divided into 13 Parts, as follows:
Part 1 – Abolition of benefits superseded by universal credit
Part 2 – Entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance without seeking employment
Part 3 – Jobseeker’s allowance: responsibilities for interim period
Part 4 – Jobseeker’s allowance: responsibilities after introduction of universal credit
Part 5 – Employment and support allowance: responsibilities after introduction of universal credit
Part 6 – Claimants dependent on drugs etc
Part 7 – Industrial injuries arising before 5 July 1948
Part 8 – Social fund: ending of discretionary payments
Part 9 – Disability living allowance
Part 10 – Powers to require information relating to claims and awards
Part 11 – Recovery of benefit payments
Part 12 – Loss of benefit: cautions
Part 13 – Information-sharing between Secretary of State and HMRC
Part 14 – Standards of decision-making
Section 148: Extent
748.Section 148 sets out the territorial extent of the Act, which is described in paragraphs 22 to 26 of these Notes
Section 149: Commencement
749.Section 149(1) provides that section 76, section 103 and Schedule 12, section 108, section 109, section 126 and Part 7 (with the exception of Schedule 14) will come into force on Royal Assent.
750.Subsection (2) lists those provisions which will come into force at the end of two months after the date of Royal Assent.
751.The remaining provisions will be brought into force by means of commencement orders made by the Secretary of State as a result of subsection (3). The orders may appoint different days for different purposes; appoint different days for different areas in relation to provisions in Part 1 (universal credit), Part 1 of Schedule 14, section 61 or 62 (entitlement to work: jobseeker’s allowance and employment and support allowance), provisions in Part 4 (personal independence payment) or section 102 (power to require consideration of revision before appeal); and make necessary or expedient transitory, transitional or savings provisions.
