Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland)

Supplemental

Repeals

67.—(1) The statutory provisions mentioned in Schedule 9 (which include some spent provisions) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule.

(2) The repeals specified in that Schedule have effect subject to the commencement provisions and savings contained, or referred to, in the notes set out in that Schedule.

Commencement and transitional provisions

68.—(1) This section applies to the following provisions—

(a)Part I (other than section 23);

(b)Part II (other than sections 34 and 35 and paragraph 5(1), (3) and (4) of Schedule 5);

(c)Part III;

(d)sections 65 and 66 and Schedule 8;

(e)section 67 and Schedule 9.

(2) The provisions of this Act to which this section applies shall come into operation on such day or days as may be appointed by order made—

(a)except in a case falling within paragraph (b), by the Department; and

(b)in the case of an order bringing into operation any of the provisions of sections 65 and 66, Schedule 8 or Part VII of Schedule 9, by the Lord Chancellor.

(3) The Department may by regulations make such transitional provision as it considers necessary or expedient in connection with the bringing into operation of any of the following provisions—

(a)sections 39 to 42 and section (1) of Part III of Schedule 9;

(b)sections 59 to 61 and Schedule 7 and Part VI of Schedule 9.

(4) Regulations under subsection (3) shall be subject to negative resolution.

(5) Article 166 of the Pensions Order (supplementary provisions in relation to powers to make regulations or orders under that Order) shall apply to the power to make regulations under subsection (3) as it applies to any power to make regulations under that Order.

Short title and interpretation

69.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000.

(2) In this Act—

“the 1998 Order” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 10);

“the 1999 Order” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (NI 11);

“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8);

“the Child Support Order” means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 23);

“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7);

“the Department” means the Department for Social Development;

“the Housing Executive” means the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;

“the Jobseekers Order” means the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 15);

“the Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49);

“the Pensions Order” means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 22);

“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33).