Statutory Instruments
Social Security
Made
26th July 2017
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 36(6) of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016(1).
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017.
2. Section 20(2) to (7) and (10) of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (consequential amendments) comes into force on 27th July 2017.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Damian Hinds
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
26th July 2017
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force provisions in the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c. 7) relating to loans for mortgage interest.
Regulation 2 brings section 20(2) to (7) and (10) (which contains consequential amendments to primary legislation) into force on 27th July 2017.
Those consequential amendments:
bring regulations about loans for mortgage interest within the remit of the Social Security Advisory Committee (section 20(2));
apply various procedural provisions that apply to social security benefits to decisions about loans for mortgage interest (section 20(3) to (7));
apply provisions on information sharing between the Secretary of State and local authorities and other persons to loans for mortgage interest (section 20(10)).
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The following provisions of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c. 7) were brought into force by Statutory Instruments made before these Regulations were made.
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 3 | 16th May 2016 | 2016/394 |
| Section 8, so far as not already in force | 7th November 2016 | 2016/910 |
| Section 9(1) to (5), so far as not already in force | 7th November 2016 | 2016/910 |
| Section 10 | 9th June 2016 | 2016/610 |
| Section 14(1) to (5) | 6th April 2017 | 2017/111 |
| Section 14(6) to (8) | 8th February 2017 | 2017/111 |
| Section 15(1) to (3) | 3rd April 2017 | 2017/111 |
| Section 15(4) to (7) | 8th February 2017 | 2017/111 |
| Section 16 | 3rd April 2017 | 2017/111 |
| Section 17 | 3rd April 2017 | 2017/111 |
| Sections 18, 19 and 21 | 3rd April 2017 | 2017/111 |
| Section 22 | 30th May 2016 | 2016/394 |
| Section 23 (subsections (1), (2) and (5) to (9)), so far as not already in force | 1st April 2016 | 2016/394 |
| Section 24, so far as not already in force | 1st April 2016 | 2016/394 |
| Sections 26 to 32, so far as not already in force | 1st April 2016 | 2016/394 |
| Section 33(1), (2), (3)(a) and (4) to (9), so far as not already in force | 1st April 2016 | 2016/394 |
| Schedule 2 paragraph 8(1), so far as not already in force | 18th March 2016 | 2016/394 |
| Schedule 2, so far as not already in force | 1st April 2016 | 2016/394 |