The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No.8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013

Appointed days for loss of benefit provisions

6.—(1) 25th February 2013 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of Schedule 2 to the 2012 Act specified in paragraph (2) (which relate to loss of benefit).

(2) The provisions for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—

(a) paragraph 58(3) and paragraph 58(1) in so far as it relates to that sub-paragraph;

(b) paragraph 59(3) and paragraph 59(1) in so far as it relates to that sub-paragraph;

(c) paragraph 61(2) to (4) and paragraph 61(1) in so far as it relates to those sub-paragraphs; and

(d) paragraph 63(2) and paragraph 63(1) in so far as it relates to that sub-paragraph.

(3) 25th February 2013 is the day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 56 of Schedule 2 to, and section 31 of, the 2012 Act in so far as they relate to the paragraphs and sub-paragraphs of Schedule 2 to the 2012 Act specified in paragraph (2) of this article.

(4) 1st April 2013 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2012 Act (which also relate to loss of benefit)—

(a) section 117(2) (benefit offences: disqualifying and sanctionable benefits) and section 117(1) in so far as it relates to section 117(2);

(b) section 118 (benefit offences: period of sanction) in so far as it is not already in force;

(c) section 119 (benefit offences: sanctions for repeated benefit fraud); and

(d) in Schedule 2 (universal credit: amendments)—

(i) paragraph 51, paragraph 43 of that Schedule in so far as it relates to paragraph 51 and section 31 in so far as it relates to both those paragraphs; and

(ii) paragraphs 57, 58(2) (and paragraph 58(1) in so far as it relates to paragraph 58(2)), 59(2) (and paragraph 59(1) in so far as it relates to paragraph 59(2)) and 62, paragraph 56 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs and sub-paragraphs and section 31 in so far as it relates to the paragraphs and sub-paragraphs mentioned in this paragraph (that is, paragraph (ii) of article 6(4)(d)).

(5) 6th April 2013 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 117 of the 2012 Act in so far as it is not already in force.