Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Bodies (Abolition of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board) Order 2013.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(3) Article 6 comes into force on the day after that on which the other provisions of this Order come into force by virtue of paragraph (2).

Extent

2.—(1) The repeals, revocations and amendments in the Schedule and the repeal in article 6 have the same extent as the enactments so repealed, revoked or amended.

(2) Subject to that, this Order extends to England, Wales and Scotland.

Abolition of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board

3.  The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board(2) is abolished.

Repeals, revocations and amendments consequential on the abolition of the Board

4.  The enactments mentioned in the table in Part 1 of the Schedule are repealed or, as the case may be, amended, to the extent specified in the third column of that table.

5.  The enactments mentioned in the table in Part 2 of the Schedule are revoked or, as the case may be, amended, to the extent specified in the third column of that table.

Repeal of reference to the Board in the Public Bodies Act 2011

6.  In Schedule 1 to the Public Bodies Act 2011, omit “Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board”.

SCHEDULERepeals, revocations and amendments consequential on the abolition of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board

Article 4

PART 1Repeals and amendments to primary legislation

Article 5

PART 2Revocations and amendments to secondary legislation

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board (“the Board”) was constituted under section 3(1) of the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991. That section was repealed by section 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992. At the same time, section 175 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (“the Administration Act”) came into force. The effect of section 175 was to continue the Board in being by the same name. The founding provision for the Board is therefore now deemed to be section 175(1) of the Administration Act.

The constitution, function and powers of the Board are prescribed by regulations made under section 175(2) of the Administration Act (the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board Regulations 1991 (S.I.1991/1746)) (“the 1991 Regulations”).

Section 1(1) of the Public Bodies Act 2011 (c.24) allows a Minister of the Crown by order, to abolish a body or office specified in Schedule 1 to that Act. That Schedule includes the Board.

Accordingly–

(a)article 3 of this Order abolishes the Board;

(b)article 4 and Part 1 of the Schedule repeal section 175 of the Administration Act and remove references to the Board in primary legislation; and

(c)article 5 and Part 2 of the Schedule revoke the 1991 Regulations and remove references to the Board in secondary legislation.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as it has no direct effect on the costs of the private sector and civil society organisations.