Welfare Reform Act
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Welfare Reform Act is a stock short title
used for legislation in the United Kingdom
relating to social security benefits.
The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Welfare Reform Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Northern Ireland
seems to be referred to as the Welfare Reform Act of 1996
Short title
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions , as well as the United States. It contrasts with the long title which, while usually being more fully descriptive of the...
used for legislation in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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relating to social security benefits.
The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Welfare Reform Bill during its passage through Parliament.
United Kingdom
- The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999
- The Welfare Reform Act 2007Welfare Reform Act 2007The Welfare Reform Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which alters the British social security system. A number of sections come into force two months after royal assent and the first commencement order made under the Act specified that section 31 came into force on 1...
- The Welfare Reform Act 2009Welfare Reform Act 2009The Welfare Reform Act 2009 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It reforms the law relating to social security benefits.-External links:* therto, to the Welfare Reform Act 2009 from the Office of Public Sector Information....
Northern Ireland
- The Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007
- The Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010
United States
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity ActPersonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is a United States federal law considered to be a fundamental shift in both the method and goal of federal cash assistance to the poor. The bill added a workforce development component to welfare legislation, encouraging...
seems to be referred to as the Welfare Reform Act of 1996