Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2001 No. 438 (C. 21)

PENSIONS

The Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made

27th December 2001

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999(1), and now vested in it(2), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001.

(2) In this Order, “the Order” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and any reference to a numbered Article or Schedule is to the Article of, or Schedule to, the Order bearing that number.

Appointed days

2.  The day appointed for the coming into operation of—

(a)the provisions of the Order specified in Part I of the Schedule, is 1st January 2002; and

(b)the provisions of the Order specified in Part II of the Schedule, is 1st February 2002.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 27th December 2001.

L.S.

John O'Neill

Senior Officer of the

Department for Social Development

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Part IProvisions coming into operation on 1st January 2002

Provisions of the ActSubject Matter
Schedule 2, paragraph 4, in so far as not already in operation, and Article 17 in so far as it relates to that paragraphMiscellaneous amendments: interim arrangements
The following repeals in Schedule 10 and Article 76 in so far as it relates to them—Repeals

in Part I—

  • the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993(3), section 24(1)(aa)

  • the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(4), in Article 139, paragraphs (2) and (3), and in paragraph (4), sub-paragraph (b) and the word “and” preceding it

Pensions: miscellaneous

in Part V—

  • the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(5), in Article 3(4), the word “and” at the end of the definition of “a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance”

Benefits: miscellaneous

Part IIProvisions coming into operation on 1st February 2002

Provisions of the ActSubject Matter
Schedule 2, paragraph 12, in so far as not already in operation, and Article 17 in so far as it relates to that paragraphOccupational pension schemes: certificates etc. relating to minimum funding requirement

The following repeal in Part I of Schedule 10 and Article 76 in so far as it relates to it—

  • the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, in Article 58(6)(a), the words “continue to”

Repeals

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides for the coming into operation of further provisions of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 as follows—

  • paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 (ways of giving effect to protected rights: interim arrangements), in so far as not already in operation, and Article 17 in so far as it relates to that paragraph, and various repeals in Schedule 10, on 1st January 2002, and

  • paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 (occupational pension schemes: certificates etc. relating to minimum funding requirement), in so far as not already in operation, and Article 17 in so far as it relates to that paragraph and a related repeal in Schedule 10, on 1st February 2002.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The following provisions of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 have been brought into operation by—

(2)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481