Commentary on Sections Part 7: Final Section 149: Commencement
749.Section 149(1) provides that section 76, section 103 and Schedule 12, section 108, section 109, section 126 and Part 7 (with the exception of Schedule 14) will come into force on Royal Assent.
750.Subsection (2) lists those provisions which will come into force at the end of two months after the date of Royal Assent.
751.The remaining provisions will be brought into force by means of commencement orders made by the Secretary of State as a result of subsection (3). The orders may appoint different days for different purposes; appoint different days for different areas in relation to provisions in Part 1 (universal credit), Part 1 of Schedule 14, section 61 or 62 (entitlement to work: jobseeker’s allowance and employment and support allowance), provisions in Part 4 (personal independence payment) or section 102 (power to require consideration of revision before appeal); and make necessary or expedient transitory, transitional or savings provisions.