Statutory Instruments
Social Security
Made
27th February 2013
Laid before Parliament
5th March 2013
Coming into force
8th April 2013
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 80(1) and (3) and 94(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012(1).
These Regulations are made under the provisions of that Act and are made before the end of a period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions(2).
See section 173(5)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) (“the 1992 Act”). The requirement to refer regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee does not apply where regulations are contained in a statutory instrument made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of the enactment under which the regulations were made. Schedule 9, paragraph 26(a) to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) (“the 2012 Act”) inserted a reference to Part 4 of that Act into section 170(5) of the 1992 Act which has the effect of making that Part of the 2012 Act a ‘relevant enactment’ and therefore subject to the requirement to refer regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee unless an exemption under section 173(5) applies.