The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force further provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (“the Act”). It also amends an earlier commencement order.

Article 1 is about citation and interpretation.

Article 2 2001 amends the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2001 with the effect of revoking the coming into force date for Part II of Schedule 5 to the Act (alternative to anti-franking rules).

Article 3 appoints 1st March 2002 as the date for the coming into force of sections 47, 48 and 50 and part of section 49 of the Act, and a related repeal in Part III of Schedule 9, for the purposes of making regulations. Article 3 also appoints 1st April 2001 as the date for the coming into force of those provisions for all other purposes. These provisions relate to the winding-up of schemes.

Article 3 appoints 1st March 2002 as the date for the coming into force of section 54 for the purposes of making regulations and rules. Section 54 relates to investigations by the Pensions Ombudsman.

The impact on business of the commencement of provisions in the Act is detailed in the Regulatory Impact Assessment (as revised) relating to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill (which was introduced in the House of Commons on 1st December 1999). A copy of that Assessment has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament and can be obtained from the Department for Work and Pensions, Regulatory Impact Unit, 3rd floor, the Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT.