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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Schedule 12 Part 5:
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.R. 2009/4 by S.R. 2019/107 art. 2
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.R. 2017/190 by S.R. 2019/4 art. 5
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.R. 2017/190 by S.R. 2019/7 art. 3
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.R. 2017/216 by S.R. 2018/1 art. 7
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing SR 2016/46, art. 5(a) by S.R. 2016/166 art. 3
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):
- Pts. 2 5 modified by S.R. 2019/212 art. 2(2)(g) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk SR 2019/212 revoked (19.12.2020) by SR 2020/348, art. 1(2)(2))
- art. 56(1) repealed by S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.) Sch. 12 Pt. 1
- art. 82(4) inserted by S.I. 2024/1048 art. 6(2)
PART 5 N.I.Employment and support allowance: responsibilities after introduction of universal credit
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 12 Pt. 5 amendment to earlier commencing S.R. 2017/190, art. 24 (30.3.2022) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 16 and Commencement No. 8, 13 and 14 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/132), art. 5, Sch. para. 1(3)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 Pt. 5 in operation at 27.9.2017 for specified purposes and subsequently on the days on which and for the purposes for which "the amending provisions" are brought into force by secondary legislation by S.R. 2017/190, art. 9 (with arts. 10-25)
| Short Title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|
| The Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2) | Section 1C (as inserted by Article 60 of this Order). |
| Section 16A (as inserted by Article 62 of this Order). | |
| Section 24(3A) and (3B). | |
| Section 26(3)(b). | |
| The Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 13) | Section 3(3) to (5). |
| Section 8, so far as not otherwise repealed. | |
| Section 10. | |
| The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 | Article 60(3) to (5). |
| Articles 61 and 62. | |
| Article 64(2). |
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