http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/114/madeThe Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001PensionsBenefitsPersonal pensionsGovernment Printer for Northern Ireland2016-09-07PENSIONS; SOCIAL SECURITY This Order provides for the coming into operation of further provisions of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 as follows—the commencement of parts of Article 5, which relates to stakeholder pension schemes, is brought forward from 8th October 2001 to 6th April 2001 so that the requirement that an employer consult prior to designating a scheme under Article 5(2) is brought forward to allow valid designation of a scheme by an employer prior to 8th October 2001 for the purposes of his duty under Article 5(2). The commencement of related provisions is also brought forward to 6th April 2001 (Article 4(b));paragraph 26 of Schedule 8, which is consequential on the coming into operation of Article 56 and Schedule 7 (joint claims for jobseeker’s allowance), on 19th March 2001 (Article 4(a)).Article 3(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 is amended to clarify a transitional provision in relation to incapacity benefit (Article 3). 2001 No. 114 (C. 4) PENSIONS; SOCIAL SECURITY The Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement <Abbreviation Expansion="Number">No.</Abbreviation> 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 Made 15th March 2001 The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 1(2) and 73(4)(a) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001. 2 In this Order any reference to a numbered Article or Schedule is to the Article of, or the Schedule to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 bearing that number. Amendment of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order 2 In Part V of the Schedule to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000, the entry in respect of Article 5 (duty of employers to facilitate access to stakeholder pension schemes) shall be omitted. Amendment of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 3 In Article 3(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (transitional provision in relation to incapacity benefit), for “sections 30A to 30E”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted “section 30A, 40 or 41”. Appointed days 4 The day appointed for the coming into operation of— a paragraph 26 (income support) of Schedule 8 (welfare benefits: minor and consequential amendments) and Article 67 (welfare benefits: miscellaneous amendments) in so far as it relates to that paragraph, is 19th March 2001; b the following provisions of Article 5 (duty of employers to facilitate access to stakeholder pension schemes), in so far as not already in operation— i the second paragraph of paragraph (2) and paragraph (6), and paragraph (7) in so far as relating thereto, ii paragraph (8), and iii paragraph (9) in so far as relating to the definitions of “employer” and “relevant employees”, and paragraph (1) in so far as it relates to those provisions, is 6th April 2001; c Article 5, in so far as not already in operation, is 8th October 2001. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 15th March 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development (This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides for the coming into operation of further provisions of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 as follows— the commencement of parts of Article 5, which relates to stakeholder pension schemes, is brought forward from 8th October 2001 to 6th April 2001 so that the requirement that an employer consult prior to designating a scheme under Article 5(2) is brought forward to allow valid designation of a scheme by an employer prior to 8th October 2001 for the purposes of his duty under Article 5(2). The commencement of related provisions is also brought forward to 6th April 2001 (Article 4(b)); paragraph 26 of Schedule 8, which is consequential on the coming into operation of Article 56 and Schedule 7 (joint claims for jobseeker’s allowance), on 19th March 2001 (Article 4(a)). Article 3(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 is amended to clarify a transitional provision in relation to incapacity benefit (Article 3).

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The following provisions of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 have been brought into operation by— the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 494 (C. 38)), the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 68 (C. 2)), the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 133 (C. 5)), the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 182 (C. 8)), the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 209 (C. 10)), and the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 332 (C. 14)).
ProvisionDate of CommencementS.R. No.
Articles 3 and 4 (partially)1.10.002000 No. 133 (C. 5)
Articles 5 to 7 (partially)8.10.012000 No. 133 (C. 5)
Articles 8 and 9 (partially)1.10.00 and 8.10.012000 No. 133 (C. 5)
Article 10 (partially)6.4.012000 No. 332 (C. 14)
Article 11 (partially)3.4.002000 No. 68 (C. 2)
Article 12 (partially)29.5.00 and 1.12.002000 No. 182 (C. 8)
Article 17 (partially)25.4.002000 No. 133 (C. 5)
29.5.002000 No. 182 (C. 8)
Articles 18 to 20 (partially)1.12.002000 No. 209 (C. 10)
Articles 21 to 48 (partially)1.12.002000 No. 133 (C. 5)
Article 5012.1.00 and 2.4.001999 No. 494 (C. 38)
Articles 51 to 5324.4.00 and 9.4.012000 No. 133 (C. 5)
Article 56 (partially)19.3.012000 No. 332 (C. 14)
Article 58 (partially)3.4.001999 No. 494 (C. 38)
Articles 59 to 623.11.00 and 6.4.012000 No. 332 (C. 14)
Article 6312.1.001999 No. 494 (C. 38)
Article 64 (partially)12.1.001999 No. 494 (C. 38)
Article 649.4.012000 No. 182 (C. 8)
Article 6618.4.00 and 15.5.002000 No. 133 (C. 5)
Article 67 (partially)16.12.99, 12.1.00, 2.4.00 and 3.4.001999 No. 494 (C. 38)
24.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.012000 No. 133 (C. 5)
3.11.00 and 6.4.012000 No. 332 (C. 14)
Article 74 (partially)18.4.00 and 1.12.002000 No. 133 (C. 5)
1.12.002000 No. 209 (C. 10)
Article 75 (partially)1.12.002000 No. 209 (C. 10)
Article 76 (partially)2.4.001999 No. 494 (C. 38)
24.4.00, 25.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.012000 No. 133 (C. 5)
1.12.002000 No. 209 (C. 10)
3.11.00 and 6.4.012000 No. 332 (C. 14)
Schedule 1 (partially)1.10.00 and 8.10.012000 No. 133 (C. 5)
Schedule 2 (partially)25.4.002000 No. 133 (C. 5)
29.5.002000 No. 182 (C. 8)
Schedules 3 and 4 (partially)1.12.002000 No. 209 (C. 10)
Schedules 5 and 6 (partially)1.12.002000 No. 133 (C. 5)
Schedule 7 (partially)19.3.012000 No. 332 (C. 14)
Schedule 8 (partially)16.12.99, 12.1.00, 2.4.00 and 3.4.001999 No. 494 (C. 38)
24.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.012000 No. 133 (C. 5)
3.11.00 and 6.4.012000 No. 332 (C. 14)
Schedule 9 (partially)18.4.00 and 1.12.002000 No. 133 (C. 5)
1.12.002000 No. 209 (C. 10)
Schedule 10 (partially)2.4.001999 No. 494 (C. 38)
24.4.00, 25.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.012000 No. 133 (C. 5)
1.12.002000 No. 209 (C. 10)
3.11.00 and 6.4.012000 No. 332 (C. 14)

S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11) See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 S.R. 2000 No. 133 (C. 5) S.R. 2000 No. 332 (C. 14)