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Welfare Reform Act 2007

Section 25: Regulations

131.This section makes additional provision about the regulation-making powers under this Part.

132.Subsection (6) provides that regulations under sections 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 may make provision which applies only in relation to an area or areas specified in the regulations.

Section 26: Parliamentary control:

133.This section provides that certain regulations to be made under provisions in sections 2 (amount of contributory allowance) and 4 (amount of income-related allowance), the first regulations under section 13 (work-related activity) and regulations providing for a pilot scheme (section 19) must be subject to the affirmative resolution procedure in the Houses of Parliament. Subsection (2) provides that all other regulations under Part 1 are subject to the negative resolution procedure.

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