The Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 10) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2002 No. 25 (C. 2)

PENSIONS

The Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 10) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made

31st January 2002

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. 10) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002.

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

Appointed day

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

(a) Articles 12 to 15 (pensions and bankruptcy) in so far as not already in operation;

(b) paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 (miscellaneous amendments), in so far as not already in operation, and Article 17 in so far as it relates to that paragraph;

(c) paragraphs 53 and 54 of Schedule 9 (consequential amendments) and Article 74(1) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs; and

(d) the following repeals in Part I of Schedule 10 (repeals) and Article 76 in so far as it relates to them—

(i) section 155(5) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993(3), and

(ii) in the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(4)—

(aa) Article 89(3),

(bb) in Article 90(2), sub-paragraph (b) and the word “or” preceding it, and

(cc) Article 93,

is 6th April 2002.

Amendment of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 9) Order

3.  Article 2(b) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001(5) shall be omitted.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 31st January 2002.

L.S.

John O'Neill

Senior Officer of the

Department for Social Development

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides for the coming into operation on 6th April 2002 of Articles 12 to 15 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (which concern the effect of bankruptcy on an individual’s pension rights) and related consequential amendments and repeals in Schedules 9 and 10 to that Order.

Article 3 amends the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 to revoke the day previously appointed for the coming into operation of provision in relation to occupational pension schemes for certificates etc. relating to minimum funding requirement.

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)),

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

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 438 (C. 21)).

  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)
  	1.1.02 and 1.2.02	2001 No. 438 (C. 21)
  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 24.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.01	1999 No. 494 (C. 38) 2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	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)
  	1.1.02 and 1.2.02	2001 No. 438 (C. 21)
  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)
  	1.1.02 and 1.2.02	2001 No. 438 (C. 21)
  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)
  	1.1.02 and 1.2.02	2001 No. 438 (C. 21)

(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.R. 2001 No. 438 (C. 21)