2016 No. 374 (C. 28)

Social Security

The Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016

Made

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 2(1) of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 20161.

Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 20152.

Citation1

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016.

Provision coming into force on 7th November 20162

Article 5 (benefit cap) of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 comes into force for remaining purposes on 7th November 2016.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

FreudMinister of StateDepartment for Work and Pensions
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force Article 5 (benefit cap) of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 for remaining purposes on 7th November 2016.