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Welfare Reform Act 2009 (Commencement No 5) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2427)

11 October 2011
Categories: Legislation
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Brings into force section 3(2) and (5) (lone parents) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 on 6 October 2011 for the purpose of making regulations and on 31 October for all other purposes.


Abstract

SI 2011/2427: Lone parent provisions come into force on 6 October 2011

Summary

Section 3(2) inserts a new subsection (2A) into section 2A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 so that no work-focused interview requirement can be imposed by virtue of regulations made under that section on a lone parent who is responsible for and a member of the same household as a child under one. It also inserts new subsection (2B) into section 2A, which enables regulations to be made making provision for the circumstances in which one person is to be treated as being or not being responsible for another person, and as being or not being a member of the same household as another person, for the

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