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.
- Commencement Order No. 1
- Commencement Order No. 2
- Commencement Order No. 3
- Commencement Order No. 4
- Commencement Order No. 5
- Commencement Order No. 6
- Commencement Order No. 7
- Commencement Order No. 8
- Commencement Order No. 9 (This Order also contains amendments to Commencement Order No 8.)
- Commencement order No. 10 (This order also contains amendments to No.8 and No.9)
- Commencement Order No. 11 (This order also contains amendments to No.9)
- Commencement Order No. 12
- Commencement Order No. 13
- Commencement Order No. 14
- Commencement Order No. 15
- Commencement Order No. 16
- Commencement Order No. 17
- Commencement Order No.18
- Commencement Order No.19 (This order also contains amendments to No.9)
- Commencement Order No. 20
- Commencement Order No. 21
- Commencement Order No. 22
- Commencement Order No. 23 (This commencement order was amended by SI.No.740/2015)
- Commencement Order No.24 (see also SI.No.33/2016)
- Commencement Order No.25
- Commencement Order No.26 (SI.No.33.2016)
- Commencement Order No.27 (SI.No.407/2016)
- Commencement Order No.28 (SI.No.511/2016)
- Commencement Order No.29 (SI.No.664/2017)
- Commencement Order No.30 (SI.No.145/2018)
- Commencement Order No.32 (SI.No.167/2019)
- Commencement Order No.33 (SI.No.1135/2019)
- Commencement Order No. 34 (This Order also contains amendments to Commencement Orders No. 9, 21, 23, 31 and 32) (SI.No.302/2022)
See also the following regulations which provide for amendments to certain of the above Commencement Orders
- 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)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 17, 19, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2018 (SI.No.532/2018)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 21 and 23 (Amendment), Commencement No. 11, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23 and 24 (Modification), Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2018 (SI.No.138/2018)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 17, 19, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2017 (SI.No.952/2017)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 29 and Commencement No. 17, 19, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2017 (SI.No.664/2017)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 19, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2017 (SI.No.584/2017)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 11, 13, 16, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2017 (SI.No.57/2017)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No.9,11,13,14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment) Order 2014 (SI.No.1452/2014)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No.9,11,13,14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment) Order 2014 (SI.No.1661/2014)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment) (No. 2)) Order 2014 (SI.No.1923/2014)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16, 17 and 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (SI.No.3067/2014)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2015 (SI.No.32/2015)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 13, 14, 16, 19, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2016 (SI.No.596/2016)
- Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 19, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Modification)) Order 2016 (SI.No.963/2016)
Last reviewed/updated 17 March 2022