Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 3247
Social Security
The Rates of Child Benefit (Commencement) Order 2008
Made
18th December 2008
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Rates of Child Benefit (Commencement) Order 2008.
Coming into force of new rates of child benefit
2. The different rates of child benefit prescribed in the Child Benefit (Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2008( 4 ) shall come into force on 5th January 2009.
Tony Cunningham
Frank Roy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
18th December 2008
The functions of the Secretary of State in respect of child benefit under Part 9 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, which are relevant to the making of this Order, were transferred to the Treasury by section 49(1) of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) . The functions of the Northern Ireland Department in respect of child benefit under Part 9 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, which are relevant to the making of this Order, were transferred to the Treasury by section 49(2) of the Tax Credits Act 2002.