The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 34 and Commencement No. 9, 21, 23, 31 and 32 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2022

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 34 and Commencement No. 9, 21, 23, 31 and 32 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2022.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the No. 9 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013(1);

“the No. 32 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 32 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019(2).

Full commencement of universal credit

3.  30th March 2022 (“ the appointed day”) is the appointed day for the coming into force of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 listed in Schedule 2 (universal credit provisions coming into force in relation to certain claims and awards) to the No. 9 Order, in so far as they are not already in force.

Removal of restriction preventing frontier workers from claiming universal credit

4.—(1) The amendments of the No. 32 Order set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) have effect from the appointed day.

(2) The No. 32 Order is amended as follows.

(3) In article 1 (citation and interpretation), omit paragraph (3).

(4) In article 4 (appointed day – coming into force of universal credit provisions and abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker’s allowance: persons resident outside Great Britain), omit paragraph (11).

Consequential amendments

5.  The consequential amendments set out in the Schedule have effect from the appointed day.

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

David Rutley

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Work and Pensions

14th March 2022