This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of an omission in S.I. 2009/2162 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 2687
Social Security, Wales
The Welfare Reform Act (Relevant Enactment) (Wales) Order 2009
Made
5th October 2009
Laid before Parliament
12th October 2009
Coming into force
9th November 2009
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(7) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act (Relevant Enactment) (Wales) Order 2009.
(2) It comes into force on 9th November 2009.
Relevant enactment
2. A relevant enactment for the purposes of section 42(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (information relating to certain benefits) is section 93(2) of the Local Government Act 2000( 2 ) (grants for welfare services).
Yvette Cooper
Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
5th October 2009
2000 c. 22 . Section 93(2) conferred a power on the National Assembly for Wales established by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38) to pay grants to local authorities in Wales towards expenditure incurred in relation to welfare services. Subsection (2) was amended by the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38) , section 136(1) and (3); and the power under subsection (2) was transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) .