The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 6) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made25th June 2001

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 68(2)(a) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 20001 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 6) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001.

(2)

In this Order any reference to a numbered section or Schedule is to the section of, or the Schedule to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 bearing that number.

Appointed days2.

The day appointed for the coming into operation of—

(a)

section 61 (grants towards cost of discretionary housing payments), is 2nd July 2001;

(b)

section 51 (prohibition on different rules for overseas residents, etc.), is 23rd July 2001;

(c)

section 62 (recovery of housing benefit) in so far as not already in operation, is 1st October 2001; and

(d)

Part II of Schedule 5 (pensions: alternative to anti-franking rules) in so far as not already in operation and section 52 in so far as it relates to that Part, is 6th April 2002.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 25th June 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 provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 as follows—

2nd July 2001 for provisions relating to grants towards the cost of discretionary housing payments;
23rd July 2001 for provisions relating to the prohibition on occupational pension schemes having different rules for overseas residents, etc.;
1st October 2001 for provisions relating to the recovery of housing benefit; and
6th April 2002 for provisions relating to an alternative to anti-franking rules.

The impact on business of the commencement of provisions in the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 is detailed in the Regulatory Impact Assessment relating to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill. A copy of that Assessment may be obtained, free of charge, from Social Security Policy and Legislation Division, Castle Buildings, Stormont, Belfast BT4 3SJ.

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The following provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 have been brought into operation by earlier commencement orders as from the dates shown.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. Number
Sections 1(3) and 3 to 6 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 7 (partially)	22.11.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Sections 9 and 10 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 11	15.2.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
Sections 13 to 15	31.1.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
Section 16 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	2.4.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
Sections 17 to 20 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 21(1) and (2)	31.1.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
Section 21(3) (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	31.1.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
Section 24 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 25 (partially)	22.11.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	31.1.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Section 26 (partially)	22.11.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 28 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Sections 29 and 30	8.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.2.01 and 6.4.02	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
Section 31	8.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	9.4.01	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
Section 32	8.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.2.01	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
Section 33	8.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.2.01 and 6.4.02	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
Section 36	8.1.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
Section 37	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 38	1.12.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
Section 47	1.12.00	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
Section 48 (partially)	1.1.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
Section 49	1.12.00	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
Section 52 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.1.01, 12.2.01 and 1.6.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Section 58 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Sections 59 and 60 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	2.7.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Section 62 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Sections 63 and 64	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Section 67 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.12.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
	9.4.01	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
	2.4.01 and 2.7.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Schedules 1 and 2 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
Schedule 3 (partially)	22.11.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	31.1.01	2000 No. 406 (C. 21)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Schedule 4 (partially)	8.1.01	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.2.01 and 6.4.02	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
Schedule 5 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.1.01, 12.2.01 and
	1.6.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Schedule 6 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	2.4.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Schedule 7 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	2.7.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)
Schedule 9 (partially)	22.11.00	2000 No. 358 (C. 16)
	1.12.00 and 1.1.01	2000 No. 374 (C. 18)
	9.4.01	2001 No. 34 (C. 1)
	2.4.01 and 2.7.01	2001 No. 141 (C. 8)