1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of and Schedules to the Social Security Act 1988.
2. The day appointed for the coming into force of—
(a)the provisions of the Social Security Act 1988 specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order, is 17th March 1988;
(b)Schedule 4, paragraph 20 (housing benefit finance) and section 16(1) (minor and consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to it, is 1st April 1988;
(c)the provisions of the Social Security Act 1988 specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order, is 6th April 1988;
(d)the provisions of that Act specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order, is 11th April 1988;
(e)section 6 (contribution conditions for short-term benefits), and section 16(2) in so far as it relates to the repeals in Schedule 5 of provisions in Schedule 3 to the Social Security Act 1975(1), is 2nd October 1988; and
(f)section 7 (unemployment benefit and occupational pensions), is 1st January 1989.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.
Nicholas Scott
Minister of State,
Department of Health and Social Security
16th March 1988