
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform (2007 Act) (Commencement No. 4 and Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008.
(2) Article 3 shall come into operation on 1st April 2008.
(3) In this Order any reference to a numbered section or Schedule is to the section of, or Schedule to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 bearing that number.
2 
The day appointed for the coming into operation of—
(a) section 36 (directions by Department);
(b) section 45 (loss of benefit for commission of benefit offences); and
(c) paragraphs 2 to 4 of Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments) and section 37 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs,is 1st April 2008.
3 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 28th March 2008
(L.S.)John O’Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
