Welfare Reform Act 2007
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to make provision about social security; to amend the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 2007 c. 5 |
| Introduced by | John Hutton, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Commons) Lord McKenzie of Luton (Lords) |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 3 May 2007 |
| History of passage through Parliament | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) 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 November 2007.