Commentary on Sections and Schedules Part 1 – National Targets, Strategies and Reports (Sections 1 to 18) Section 8: The Child Poverty Commission
34.Section 8 establishes the Child Poverty Commission. Details about the Commission are set out in Schedule 1.
35.Subsection (4) provides that the Secretary of State may make an order abolishing the Commission at any point after the end of the target year. This power will be used if the Government considers that there is no longer any role for the Commission. The order-making power is subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.
36.Subsections (5) and (6) allow an order abolishing the Commission to include any necessary transitional arrangements and to repeal the various provisions of the Act relating to the Commission as well as any other statutory references to this body.