The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 7) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2002 No. 68 (C. 5)

PENSIONS

The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 7) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made

28th February 2002

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 68(2)(a) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(1) 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 Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 7) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002.

(2) In this Order any reference to a numbered section or Schedule is to the section of, or the Schedule to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 bearing that number.

Appointed days

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

(a) sections 43 (information to be given to the Authority) and 44 (modification of scheme to secure winding-up);

(b) section 45(1) (reports about winding-up) in so far as it inserts—

(i) Article 72A(1) and (2) into the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2),

(ii) Article 72A(3), except for the words “Subject to paragraph (4),” and “(apart from any postponement under paragraph (4))”, into that Order, and

(iii) Article 72A(7), (8)(a) and (9) into that Order;

(c) sections 45(2) and (3) and 46 (directions for facilitating winding-up); and

(d) Part III(2) of Schedule 9 (repeals: information to be given by the Authority) and section 67 in so far as it relates to those repeals,

for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations is 1st March 2002 and for all other purposes is 1st April 2002.

(2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 50 (investigations by the Pensions Ombudsman), for the purpose only of authorising the making of rules, is 1st March 2002.

Amendment of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 6) Order

3.  Article 2(d) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 6) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001(3) shall be omitted.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 28th February 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 of provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 as follows—

1st March 2002 for provisions relating to the winding-up of pension schemes for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, and for all other purposes from 1st April 2002; and

1st March 2002 for provisions relating to investigations by the Pensions Ombudsman for the purpose only of authorising the making of rules.

Article 3 amends the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 6) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 to revoke the day previously appointed for the coming fully into operation of provision for an alternative to the anti-franking rules relating to salary related contracted-out pension schemes.

The impact on business of the commencement of provisions in the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 is detailed in the Regulatory Impact Assessment relating to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill. A copy of that Assessment may be obtained, free of charge, from Social Security Policy and Legislation Division, Block 5.5, Stormont Estate, Belfast BT4 3SJ.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The following provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 have been brought into operation by earlier commencement orders as from the dates shown.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. Number
Sections 1(3) and 3 to 6 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 7 (partially)	22.11.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Sections 9 and 10 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 11	15.2.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
Sections 13 to 15	31.1.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
Section 16 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	2.4.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
Sections 17 to 20 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 21(1) and (2)	31.1.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
Section 21(3) (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	31.1.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
Section 24 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 25 (partially)	22.11.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	31.1.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Section 26 (partially)	22.11.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 28 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Sections 29 and 30	8.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.2.01 and 6.4.02	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
Section 31	8.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	9.4.01	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
Section 32	8.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.2.01	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
Section 33	8.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.2.01 and 6.4.02	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
Section 36	8.1.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
Section 37	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 38	1.12.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
Section 47	1.12.00	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
Section 48 (partially)	1.1.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
Section 49	1.12.00	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
Section 51	23.7.01	2001 No. 249 (C. 12)
Section 52 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.1.01 and 12.2.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
	6.4.02	2001 No. 249 (C. 12)
Section 58 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Sections 59 and 60 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	2.7.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Section 61	2.7.01	2001 No. 249 (C. 12)
Section 62 (partially)	2.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.10.01	2001 No. 249 (C. 12)
Sections 63 and 64	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 67 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.12.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
	9.4.01	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
	2.4.01 and 2.7.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Schedules 1 and 2 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Schedule 3 (partially)	22.11.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	31.1.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Schedule 4 (partially)	8.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.2.01 and 6.4.02	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
Schedule 5 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.1.01 and 12.2.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
	6.4.02	2001 No. 249 (C. 12)
Schedule 6 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Schedule 7 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	2.7.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Schedule 9 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.12.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
	9.4.01	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
	2.4.01 and 2.7.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)

(1)

2000 c. 4 (N.I.)

(2)

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

(3)

S.R. 2001 No. 249 (C. 12)