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Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 740 (C. 39)
Social Security
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2015
Made
17th March 2015
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 150(3) and (4)(a), (b)(i) and (c) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 ( 1 ) :
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2015.
Amendment of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015
2. The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015( 2 ) is amended as follows—
(a) in article 7 (transitional provision: claims for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit)—
(i) in paragraph (1), for “(2)(a) of this Order in relation to a claim” substitute “(2)(a) to (c) of this Order in relation to that claim”; and
(ii) in paragraph (10)(b), for “regulations 6(1A)(b) and 6A” substitute “regulation 6(1A)(b) or 6A”; and
(b) in article 9(5)(b) (amendment of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 21 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015( 3 )), for ““regulations 6(1A)(b) and 6A”” substitute ““regulation 6(1A)(b) or 6A””.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Freud
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
17th March 2015