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(1)Subject to subsections (2) to (4), the provisions of this Act come into force in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of State by order.
(2)The following provisions come into force on the day this Act is passed—
(a)in Part 4, sections 234, 235 and 236 and Schedule 10 (provisions relating to retirement planning);
(b)in Part 5, section 281 (exemption from statutory revaluation requirement);
(c)in Part 8—
(i)section 296 (entitlement to more than one state pension),
(ii)section 297(3) (commencement of amendments of state pension deferment provisions made by Pensions Act 1995),
(iii)section 298 (disclosure of state pension information), except subsections (4) and (5)(b), and
(iv)section 299 (claims for certain benefits following termination of reciprocal agreement with Australia);
(d)in this Part (miscellaneous and general)—
(i)sections 303 to 305 (service of notifications etc and electronic working), and
(ii)this section and sections 313, 315 (other than subsection (6)), 316, 317, 318 (other than subsections (4) and (5)) and 323 to 325;
(e)the repeal by this Act of section 50(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.
(3)Section 297 (and Schedule 11) (deferral of retirement pensions and shared additional pensions), other than the provisions coming into force in accordance with subsection (2)—
(a)come into force on the day this Act is passed so far as is necessary for enabling the making of any regulations for which they provide, and
(b)otherwise, come into force on 6th April 2005.
(4)The repeals by this Act of section 134(3) of, and paragraph 21(14) of Schedule 4 to, the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26) come into force on 6th April 2005.
(5)Without prejudice to section 315(5), the power to make an order under this section includes power—
(a)to make transitional adaptations or modifications—
(i)of the provisions brought into force by the order, or
(ii)in connection with those provisions, of any provisions of Parts 1 to 7 of this Act or of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), the Pensions Act 1995, Parts 1, 2 or 4 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) or Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), or
(b)to save the effect of any of the repealed provisions of those Acts, or those provisions as adapted or modified by the order,
as it appears to the Secretary of State expedient, including different adaptations or modifications for different periods.
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