LegalizeThe Welfare Reform Act (Relevant Enactment) Order 2008
Made: 5th August 2008
Laid before Parliament: 8th August 2008
Coming into force: 1st September 2008
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(7) of the Welfare Reform Act 20071.
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act (Relevant Enactment) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st September 2008.
Relevant enactment
2
A relevant enactment for the purposes of section 42(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (information relating to certain benefits) is section 93 of the Local Government Act 20002 (grants for welfare services).
Signed
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Stephen C. Timms — Minister of State, — Department for Work and Pensions — 5th August 2008
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Section 42(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 provides that information relating to certain benefits may be supplied to certain persons for purposes connected with the application of grant paid under “a relevant enactment” towards certain expenditure related to welfare services. This Order specifies that a relevant enactment is section 93 of the Local Government Act 2000. Section 93 of that Act provides that the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales may pay grants to local authorities in, respectively, England and Wales towards expenditure incurred in relation to welfare services.
A full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.
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