Section 150 — Welfare Reform Act 2012: Commencement

Commencement 150 1 The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day on which it is passed—

a section 76 (calculation of working tax credit);

b section 103 and Schedule 12 (supersession of decisions of former appellate bodies) (but see section 103(2));

c section 108 (application of Limitation Act 1980) (but see section 108(4));

d section 109 (recovery of fines etc by deductions from employment and support allowance) (but see section 109(3));

e section 126 (tax credits: transfer of functions etc);

f this Part, excluding Schedule 14 (repeals).

2 The following provisions of this Act come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed—

a section 50 (dual entitlement to employment and support allowance and jobseeker's allowance);

b section 60 and Part 6 of Schedule 14 (claimants dependent on drugs etc);

c sections 71 and 72 (social fund: purposes of discretionary payments and determination of amount or value of budgeting loan);

d section 107 (recovery of child benefit and guardian's allowance);

e section 111 (time limit for legal proceedings);

f section 127 and Part 13 of Schedule 14 (information-sharing between Secretary of State and HMRC);

g section 134 (information-sharing for social security or employment purposes etc);

h section 135 (functions of registration service);

i section 142 (exclusion of child support maintenance from individual voluntary arrangements);

j section 145 and Schedule 13 (Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission);

k Part 2 of Schedule 14 (entitlement to jobseeker's allowance without seeking employment).

3 The remaining provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

4 An order under subsection (3) may—

a appoint different days for different purposes;

b appoint different days for different areas in relation to—

i any provision of Part 1 (universal credit) or of Part 1 of Schedule 14;

ii section 61 or 62 (entitlement to work: jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance); iii any provision of Part 4 (personal independence payment) or of Part 9 of Schedule 14;

iv section 102 (consideration of revision before appeal);

c make such transitory or transitional provision, or savings, as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient.