Part 7Final

I1147Repeals

Schedule 14 contains consequential repeals.

148Financial provision

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

a

sums paid by the Secretary of State by way of universal credit or personal independence payment;

b

any other expenditure incurred in consequence of this Act by a Minister of the Crown or the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;

c

any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

149Extent

1

This Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland only, subject as follows.

2

The following provisions extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—

a

section 32 (power to make consequential and supplementary provision: universal credit);

b

section 33 (abolition of benefits);

c

section 76 (calculation of working tax credit);

d

section 92 (power to make consequential and supplementary provision: personal independence payment);

e

section 126(1) to (13) (tax credits: transfer of functions etc);

f

section 127(1) to (9) (information-sharing between Secretary of State and HMRC);

g

this Part, excluding Schedule 14 (repeals).

3

Sections 128 and 129 extend to England and Wales only.

4

Any amendment or repeal made by this Act has the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.

150Commencement

1

The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day on which it is passed—

a

section 76 (calculation of working tax credit);

b

section 103 and Schedule 12 (supersession of decisions of former appellate bodies) (but see section 103(2));

c

section 108 (application of Limitation Act 1980) (but see section 108(4));

d

section 109 (recovery of fines etc by deductions from employment and support allowance) (but see section 109(3));

e

section 126 (tax credits: transfer of functions etc);

f

this Part, excluding Schedule 14 (repeals).

2

The following provisions of this Act come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed—

a

section 50 (dual entitlement to employment and support allowance and jobseeker's allowance);

b

section 60 and Part 6 of Schedule 14 (claimants dependent on drugs etc);

c

sections 71 and 72 (social fund: purposes of discretionary payments and determination of amount or value of budgeting loan);

d

section 107 (recovery of child benefit and guardian's allowance);

e

section 111 (time limit for legal proceedings);

f

section 127 and Part 13 of Schedule 14 (information-sharing between Secretary of State and HMRC);

g

section 134 (information-sharing for social security or employment purposes etc);

h

section 135 (functions of registration service);

i

section 142 (exclusion of child support maintenance from individual voluntary arrangements);

j

section 145 and Schedule 13 (Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission);

k

Part 2 of Schedule 14 (entitlement to jobseeker's allowance without seeking employment).

3

The remaining provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

4

An order under subsection (3) may—

a

appoint different days for different purposes;

b

appoint different days for different areas in relation to—

i

any provision of Part 1 (universal credit) or of Part 1 of Schedule 14;

ii

section 61 or 62 (entitlement to work: jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance);

iii

any provision of Part 4 (personal independence payment) or of Part 9 of Schedule 14;

iv

section 102 (consideration of revision before appeal);

c

make such transitory or transitional provision, or savings, as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient.

151Short title

This Act may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012.