The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 9, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999

Appointed day

2.  6th September 1999 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—

(a) section 31;

(b) section 39(3) in so far as it provides that section 61A of the Administration Act(1) shall cease to have effect, and section 86(2) and Schedule 8 in so far as they repeal that section 61A; and

(c) the provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, in so far as those provisions are not already in force, for the purposes of—

(i) benefits under Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act except child’s special allowance;

(ii) severe disablement allowance under sections 68 and 69 of that Act;

(iii) benefits for the aged under sections 78 and 79 of that Act;

(iv) increases for dependants under Part IV of that Act; and

(v) graduated retirement benefit under sections 36 and 37 of the National Insurance Act 1965(2).

(1)

Section 61A was inserted by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), section 6(2).

(2)

1965 c. 51; sections 36 and 37 remain in force by virtue of the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (No. 2) Regulations 1978 (S.I. 1978/393).