Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the State Pension Credit (2002 Act) (Commencement No. 4) and Appointed Day Order (Northern Ireland) 2003.

Appointed day

2.  The day appointed for –

(a)the coming into operation of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (in so far as it is not already in operation); and

(b)the purposes of section 13 of that Act,

is 6th October 2003.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order brings into operation on 6th October 2003 those provisions of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (“the Act”) which are not already in operation and appoints that day as “the appointed day” for the purposes of section 13 of the Act (transitional provisions).

This Order does not impose a charge on business.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The following provisions of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 have been brought into operation by –

• the State Pension Credit (2002 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 366 (C. 31)),

• the State Pension Credit (2002 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 29 (C. 2)), and

• the State Pension Credit (2002 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 211 (C. 17)).

  Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. No.
  Sections 1 to 7, 9, 11 to 13, 14 (except so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Schedule 2) and 15 to 17	2nd December 2002	2002 No. 366 (C. 31)
  Section 17(1) (partially) and section 18	14th January 2003	2002 No. 366 (C. 31)
  Section 14 (in so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Schedule 2)	27th January 2003	2003 No. 29 (C. 2)
  Section 11 in relation to paragraphs 1 to 7, 10 and 12 of Schedule 1 and section 20 and Schedule 3 (in so far as it relates to the Schedule to that Order)	7th April 2003	2003 No. 211 (C. 17)