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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 238 (C. 7)

FAMILY LAW

PENSIONS

The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Scotland) (Commencement No. 8) Order 2000

Made

30th June 2000

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 89(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999(1), hereby make the following Order:

Citation, interpretation and extent

1.  This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Scotland) (Commencement No. 8) Order 2000.

(2) In this Order, “Act” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.

(3) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Appointed day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into force of–

(a)section 84(1) of the Act so far as relating to paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to the Act; and

(b)paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to the Act,

is 1st December 2000.

JAMES WALLACE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

30th June 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 on 1st December 2000–

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions have been brought into force by–

(1)

1999 c. 30. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) as read with section 91(4) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”) which deemed section 89(1) insofar as it relates to the provisions of paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to the 1999 Act to be a pre commencement enactment.