New additions -

Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 34 and Commencement No. 9, 21, 23, 31 and 32 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2022 (SI.No.302/2022) - Brings into force provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 as listed in schedule 2 of the No. 9 Commencement Order (SI.No.983/2013) in so far as they are not already in force, and removes restrictions that have prevented frontier workers from making universal credit claims

Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 33) Order 2019 (SI.No.1135/2019) - Brings into force the remaining regulation-making powers for universal credit in the 2012 Act

Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 32 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019 (SI.No.167/2019) - New regulations issued in Great Britain in relation to the abolition of child tax credit and working tax credit from 1 February 2019

Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 17, 19, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification) (No.2)) Order 2018 (SI.No.881/2018) - New regulations that include the part postcodes in Great Britain to which the universal credit full service will roll-out between 5 September and 12 December 2018

Universal credit: Commencement Orders

Commencement Orders

The provisions in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 are being gradually introduced. Some sections of the Act came into force on the day the Act was passed (8 March 2012). The remaining provisions will come into force through a series of commencement orders. Links to each commencement order are below.

The latest commencement order (shown last on the list below) contains a table at the end summarising all prior commencement orders.

See also the following regulations which provide for amendments to certain of the above Commencement Orders

Last reviewed/updated 17 March 2022