The Welfare Reform Act 2009 (Commencement No.8) Order 2012

This Order brings into force, on 21st May 2012, section 3(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 in so far as it inserts subsection (1A) into section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (SSCBA). Section 124(1A) of the SSCBA requires regulations setting out the prescribed categories of person who are entitled to income support must include lone parents who have a child under the age of five. (Section 124(1A) was amended by section 58 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 with effect from 20th March 2012 so as to substitute the age of five for the age of seven.)