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The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015

Consolidated Text Cited authorities 69 Cited in Amendments 21 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2015/634
  • This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement
    • (1) In this Order—
    • “the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
    • “the amending provisions” means the provisions referred to in article 4(1) (a) to (c) of the No. 9 Order (day appointed for the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker's allowance) ;
    • “claimant”—
      • (a) in relation to an employment and support allowance, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 , save as mentioned in article 5(1A) of the No. 9 Order as applied by article 4(7) of this Order ;
      • (b) in relation to a jobseeker's allowance, has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995 (as it applies apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker's allowance) , save as mentioned in article 5(1A) of the No. 9 Order as applied by article 4(7) of this Order;
      • (c) in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act ;
    • “the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 ;
    • “employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
    • “jobseeker's allowance” means a jobseeker's allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995;
    • “joint claimants”, in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act ;
    • “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. 11 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 11 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment) ) Order 2013 ;
    • “the No. 13 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 13 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013 ;
    • “the No. 14 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013 ;
    • “the No. 16 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014 ;
    • “the No. 17 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014 ;
    • “the No. 19 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment) ) Order 2014 ;
    • “the No. 21 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 21 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 ;
    • “the No. 22 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 22 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 ;
    • “the No. 50 relevant districts” means the postcode part-districts SM6 7 and SM6 8;
    • “the No. 51 relevant districts” means the postcode part-districts CR0 4 and SM6 9;
    • “the No. 52 relevant districts” means the postcode part-districts CR0 2 and SE1 5;
    • “single claimant”, in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act .
    whether a claim for universal credit is made; andthe date on which such a claim is made.whether a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker's allowance is made; andthe date on which the claim is made or treated as made.a person makes a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker's allowance if he or she takes any action which results in a decision on a claim being required under the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987; andit is irrelevant that the effect of any provision of those Regulations is that, for the purposes of those Regulations, the claim is made or treated as made at a date that is earlier than the date on which that action is taken.regulation 6(1F) (b) or (c) of the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987 regulation 6(4ZA) to (4ZD) and (4A) (a) (i) and (b) of those Regulations (1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act listed in Schedule 2 to the No. 9 Order, in so far as they are not already in force, in relation to the case of a claim referred to in paragraph (2) , and any award that is made in respect of the claim, is the day appointed in accordance with paragraph (3) .a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 18th March 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 18th March 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 50 relevant districts;a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 10th June 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 10th June 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 51 relevant districts;a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 4th November 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 4th November 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 52 relevant districts;in the case of a single claimant, the claimant gives incorrect information regarding the claimant residing in a district as referred to in the sub-paragraph in question and the claimant does not reside in such a district on the date on which the claim is made;in the case of joint claimants, either or both of the joint claimants gives or give incorrect information regarding his or her (or their) residing in such a district and one or both of them does not or do not reside in such a district on the date on which the claim is made,(3) The day appointed in relation to the case of a claim referred to in paragraph (2) , and any award that is made in respect of the claim, is the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is made.(4) Article 3(6) of the No. 9 Order applies for the purposes of paragraph (3) as it applies for the purposes of article 3(4) (a) of the No. 9 Order.(5) Article 3A of the No. 9 Order applies in connection with a claim for universal credit where a single claimant, or, as the case may be, either or both of joint claimants, gives or give incorrect information regarding his or her (or their) residing in one of the No. 50, No. 51 or No. 52 relevant districts, as it

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