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Work and Families Act 2006

Commencement

105.Section 19 deals with commencement. Certain supplementary provisions (the interpretation section (section 16), the section relating to Northern Ireland (section 17) and sections 18 to 20 come into effect on Royal Assent. Otherwise there is a power for the Secretary of State to bring the provisions of the Act into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.  Different days may be appointed for different purposes.

Hansard References

The following table sets out the dates and Hansard references for each stage of this Act’s passage through Parliament.

StageDateHansard reference
House of Commons
Introduction18 October 2005Vol. 437 Col. 704
Second Reading5 December 2005Vol. 440 Cols. 643-708
Committee13 December 2005Hansard Standing Committee A
Report and Third Reading18 January 2006Vol. 441 Cols. 848-908
House of Lords
Introduction19 January 2006Vol. 677 Col. 771
Second Reading14 February 2006Vol. 678 Cols. 1089-1126
Committee9 March 2006Vol. 679 Cols. 325-394GC
Report25 April 2006Vol. 681 Cols. 95-140
Third reading8 May 2006Vol. 681 Col. 691-708
House of Commons
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments13 June 2006Vol. 447 Col. 657-8
Royal Assent – 21 June 2006House of Lords Hansard Vol. 683 Col. 870
House of Commons Hansard Vol. 447 Col. 1408

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