1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.
(3) The following provisions of this Order shall come into operation on the seventh day after the day on which this Order is made—
(a)this Article and Article 2;
(b)paragraph (1) of Article 47 (so far as relating to a sum which is chargeable to tax by virtue of section 313 of the [1988 c. 1.] Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988), and paragraphs (2) to (4) of that Article;
(c)Articles 62, 65, 68 and 73 to 77;
(d)Schedule 5.
(4) An order under paragraph (2) may make such savings, or such transitional or consequential provision, as the Department considers necessary or expedient—
(a)in preparation for or in connection with the coming into operation of any provision of this Order; or
(b)in connection with the operation of any statutory provision repealed or amended by a provision of this Order during any period when the repeal or amendment is not wholly in operation.