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

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 I Provisions coming into operation on 1st January 2002

Provisions of the Act	Subject Matter
Schedule 2, paragraph 4, in so far as not already in operation, and Article 17 in so far as it relates to that paragraph	Miscellaneous 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 II Provisions coming into operation on 1st February 2002

Provisions of the Act	Subject Matter
Schedule 2, paragraph 12, in so far as not already in operation, and Article 17 in so far as it relates to that paragraph	Occupational 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—

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 494 (C. 38)),

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 68 (C. 2)),

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 133 (C. 5)),

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 182 (C. 8)),

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 209 (C. 10)),

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 332 (C. 14)),

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 114 (C. 4)), and

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 137 (C. 7)).

  Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. No.
  Articles 3 and 4 (partially)	1.10.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Article 5 (partially)	6.4.01 and 8.10.01	2001 No. 114 (C. 4)
  Articles 6 and 7 (partially)	8.10.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Articles 8 and 9 (partially)	1.10.00 and 8.10.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Article 10 (partially)	6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  Article 11 (partially)	3.4.00	2000 No. 68 (C. 2)
  Article 12 (partially)	29.5.00 and 1.12.00	2000 No. 182 (C. 8)
  Article 16 (partially)	23.4.01	2001 No. 137 (C. 7)
  Article 17 (partially)	25.4.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	29.5.00	2000 No. 182 (C. 8)
  Articles 18 to 20 (partially)	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  Articles 21 to 48 (partially)	1.12.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5
  Article 50	12.1.00 and 2.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  Articles 51 to 53	24.4.00 and 9.4.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Article 56 (partially)	19.3.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  Article 58 (partially)	3.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  Articles 59 to 62	3.11.00 and 6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  Article 63	12.1.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  Article 64 (partially)	12.1.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  Article 64	9.4.01	2000 No. 182 (C. 8)
  Article 66	18.4.00 and 15.5.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Article 67 (partially)	16.12.99, 12.1.00, 2.4.00 and 3.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  	24.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	3.11.00 and 6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  	19.3.01	2001 No. 114 (C. 4)
  Article 74 (partially)	18.4.00 and 1.12.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  Article 75 (partially)	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  Article 76 (partially)	2.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  	24.4.00, 25.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  	3.11.00 and 6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  	23.4.01	2001 No. 137 (C. 7)
  Schedule 1 (partially)	1.10.00 and 8.10.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Schedule 2 (partially)	25.4.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	29.5.00	2000 No. 182 (C. 8)
  Schedules 3 and 4 (partially)	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  Schedules 5 and 6 (partially)	1.12.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Schedule 7 (partially)	19.3.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  Schedule 8 (partially)	16.12.99, 12.1.00, 2.4.00 and 3.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  	24.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	3.11.00 and 6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  	19.3.01	2001 No. 114 (C. 4)
  Schedule 9 (partially)	18.4.00 and 1.12.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  Schedule 10 (partially)	2.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  	24.4.00, 25.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  	3.11.00 and 6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  	23.4.01	2001 No. 137 (C. 7)

(1)

S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)

(2)

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

(3)

1993 c. 49

(4)

S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)

(5)

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)