Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 215
Social Security
The Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Change of coming into force) Regulations 2016
Made
23rd February 2016
Laid before Parliament
1st March 2016
Coming into force
23rd March 2016
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(2) and (3) of, and paragraph 4(1), (3)(a) and (4) of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that these Regulations need not be referred to it.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Change of coming into force) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 23rd March 2016.
Postponement of provision for surpluses and self-employed losses
2. In Regulation 1 (citation and commencement) of the Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015( 2 ) for “6th April 2016” substitute “3rd April 2017”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Freud
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
23rd February 2016
2012 c.5 .