Appointed days2

Subject to article 3 below, the day appointed for the coming into force of—

a

the provisions of the Social Security Act 1998 which are specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order is 8th September 1998;

b

the provisions of that Act which are specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order, in so far as they authorise the making of Regulations or Orders, is 8th September 1998;

c

the provisions of that Act which are specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order, in so far as they are not already in force, is 6th April 1999;

d

section 73 (statutory sick pay not precluded by maternity allowance), Schedule 8 in respect of the repeal in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19922, Schedule 11, paragraph 2(d), of the words “(ii) she was entitled to a maternity allowance, or” and section 86(2) in so far as it refers to that repeal, is 6th April 1999;

e

section 75 (overpayments out of social fund) is 5th October 1998.