The Employment Act 2002 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2003

Made2nd July 2003

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 55(2) of the Employment Act 20021, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Employment Act 2002 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2003.

2

In this Order, any reference to a numbered section or Schedule is a reference to the section or Schedule bearing that number in the Employment Act 2002.

Appointed day2

The day appointed for the coming into force of —

a

section 49; and

b

paragraphs 9, 10, 15, and paragraph 8 so far as it relates to those paragraphs, 51 and 55 of Schedule 7, and section 53 so far as it relates to those paragraphs,

shall be 5th July 2003.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Des BrowneMinister of State,Department for Work and Pensions2nd July 2003

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force further provisions of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22).

The provisions set out in Article 2 are brought into force on 5th July 2003 to enable regulations to be made to require the partner of a person who is in receipt of certain benefits at a higher rate referable to that partner to attend a work-focused interview and to make related provision.

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
Section 53 (partially) and Schedule 7, paragraph 50	31.07.02	2002/1989
Section 50 and Schedule 6, section 53 (partially) and Schedule 7, paragraphs 8 (partially), 16 and 17, section 54 and Schedule 8 (partially)	09.09.02	2002/2256
Sections 17, 18 and 20, section 48(1)(b) and (2), section 53 (partially) and Schedule 7, paragraphs 8 (partially), 12, 24 (partially), 28, 52 and 53	24.11.02	2002/2866
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act, Schedule 1 to the Act, section 53 (partially) and Schedule 7, paragraphs 1, 2 (partially), 3, 7, 8 (partially), 11, 13, 24 (partially), 25, 26, 29 to 31, 33, 35, 48 and 49 (partially)	08.12.02	2002/2866
Sections 19, 21, 41, 42 and 47, section 48(1)(a) and (c), section 53 (partially) and Schedule 7, paragraphs 2 (partially), 4 to 6, 8 (partially), 14, 18 (partially), 22, 23(2)(b) and (c), 23(1) (partially), 24 (partially), 27, 41 to 45, 47(1) and (2), 49 (partially) and 54	06.04.03	2002/2866
Sections 29(2) and (3), 30(3), 31(6) and (7), 32(7) to (10), 33(1) and (2) and 43, section 53 (partially) and Schedule 7, paragraphs 18 (partially), 19 to 22, 23 (partially), 24 (partially) and 34	27.04.03	2003/1190