Article 1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform (2007 Act) (Commencement No. 4 and Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008.
(2)Article 3 shall come into operation on 1st April 2008.
(3)In this Order any reference to a numbered section or Schedule is to the section of, or Schedule to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 bearing that number.
Article 2Appointed day#
The day appointed for the coming into operation of—
(a)section 36 (directions by Department);
(b)section 45 (loss of benefit for commission of benefit offences); and
(c)paragraphs 2 to 4 of Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments) and section 37 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs,
is 1st April 2008.
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