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(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform (2010 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011.
(2) In this Order—
 “the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010;
 “the 1995 Order ” means the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.
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20th June 2011 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Act—
(a) section 26(1) (contracting out functions under Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995) in so far as is necessary for the purposes of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Article;
(b) section 26(2), but only in so far as it confers power to make regulations under Article 22E(3) of the 1995 Order (contracting out) in relation to the functions of the Department and the Department for Employment and Learning under regulations under Article 19A (schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit” schemes etc.) of the 1995 Order, and
(c) section 26(2) in so far as it relates to Article 22E(4) to (12) of the 1995 Order, but only in so far as those provisions apply in connection with or for the purposes of regulations under Article 22E(3) of the 1995 Order in relation to the functions of the Department and the Department for Employment and Learning under regulations under Article 19A of the 1995 Order.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 3rd June 2011
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
