Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 2857 (C. 102)
Social Security
The Welfare Reform Act 2009 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2011
Made
28th November 2011
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(3) and (4) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009( 1 ).
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2011.
Appointed day
2. 29th November 2011 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2009—
(a) section 12(5) (conditions for contributory jobseeker’s allowance), in so far as it inserts subsections (3B)(a) and (3C) only into section 2 of the Jobseekers Act 1995( 2 ); and
(b) section 13(5)(a) and (b) (conditions for contributory employment and support allowance).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Lord Freud
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
28th November 2011
1995 c. 18 . Section 2(3B) and (3C) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 is inserted by section 12(5) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009.