Appointed days2

The day appointed for the coming into operation of—

a

the provisions of the Act specified in Part I of the Schedule, is 1st December 2000;

b

section 38 of the Act (disclosure of state pension information)—

i

for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, is 1st December 2000, and

ii

for all other purposes, is 1st January 2001;

c

the provisions of the Act specified in Part II of the Schedule, is 1st January 2001;

d

section 36 of the Act (home responsibilities protection), is 8th January 2001; and

e

Part II of Schedule 5 to the Act (pensions: alternative to anti-franking rules) and section 52 of the Act in so far as it relates to that Part—

i

for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations or orders, is 12th February 2001, and

ii

for all other purposes, is 1st June 2001.