The Welfare Reform Act 2007 (Commencement No.4, and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007
This Order makes provision for the coming into force of the following provisions in the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (“the Act”)—section 30(1) of the Act (local housing allowance);section 30(2) of the Act (insertion of section 130A (appropriate maximum housing benefit) into the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (“the Contributions and Benefits Act”);section 30(3) of the Act (amendment of paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (housing benefit and council tax benefit: revisions and appeals);section 35(1) to (3) of the Act (information relating to housing benefit);section 40 and paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to the Act (minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 2) so far as it relates to the amendment of section 122(5) of the Housing Act 1996 (“the Housing Act”); andsection 67 and Schedule 8 to the Act (repeals), in so far as it relates to the repeal of—section 130(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (housing benefit);section 5(3) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (“the Administration Act”) (power to make regulations about information or evidence required by rent officer);section 122(3) of the Housing Act (functions of rent officers in connection with housing benefit and rent allowance subsidy);in section 122(5)(b) of the Housing Act, the words “or regulations”; andparagraph 3(2) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act (housing benefit and related matters: consequential amendments).