Appointed day

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

(a) Articles 66 (discretionary payments out of the social fund) and 67 (budgeting loans: criteria for making awards) of the Order;

(b) paragraph 53(3) and (4) of Schedule 6 to the Order (minor and consequential amendments) and Article 78(1) of the Order in so far as it relates to it; and

(c) in Schedule 7 the repeal of sections 135(3) and 136(4)(e) of the Contributions and Benefits Act and Article 78(2) in so far as it relates to them,

is 5th April 1999.