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: S.I. 2022/302
• Sections: 9

Section 1 Citation

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.

Section 2 Interpretation

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 ;

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

Section 3 Full commencement of universal credit

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.

Section 4 Removal of restriction preventing frontier workers from claiming universal credit

(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).

Section 5 Consequential amendments

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

Section 1

(1) The No. 9 Order is amended as follows.

(2) In article 5A (transitional provision where Secretary of State determines that claims for universal credit may not be made: effect on claims for employment and support allowance and jobseeker’s allowance), in paragraph (1) omit “or article 4(11) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 32 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019 (no claims for universal credit by frontier workers)”.

(3) In article 6 (transitional provision: where the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker’s allowance is treated as not applying), in paragraph (1)(e)(ii) omit “or article 4(11) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 32 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019 (no claims for universal credit by frontier workers)”.

Section 2

(1) The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 21 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 is amended as follows.

(2) In article 6 (transitional provision: claims for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit), in paragraph (11) omit “or by virtue of article 4(11) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 32 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019”.

Section 3

(1) The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 is amended as follows.

(2) In article 7 (transitional provision: claims for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit), in paragraph (2) omit “or by virtue of article 4(11) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 32 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019”.

Section 4

(1) The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 31 and Savings and Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 21 and 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2019 is amended as follows.

(2) In article 8 (transitional provision: where restrictions on claims for universal credit are in place)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (1)(a) insert “or” ; and

(b) omit subparagraph (1)(c) and the “or” preceding it.