The Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

Title and commencement N.I.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, this Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appointF1 .

(3) The following provisions shall come into operation on such day or days as the Lord Chancellor may by order appoint—

(a) Articles 18, 19 and 20;

(b) Article 74(1) so far as relating to paragraphs 1 to 3 and 52 of Schedule 9;

(c) Article 75(3) and (4); and

(d) Article 76 so far as relating to the entries in Part II of Schedule 10.

(4) The following provisions come into operation on the seventh day after the day on which this Order is made—

(a) this Article and Article 2;

(b) Articles 49, 54, 55, 57, 65 and 68;

(c) Article 67 so far as relating to Part V of Schedule 8;

(d) Article 69;

(e) Articles 70 to 73;

(f) Article 74(1) so far as relating to paragraphs 55 to 59 and 61 of Schedule 9;

(g) Article 74(2) to (4);

(h) Article 75(1), (2), (5) and (6).

(5) The following provisions come into operation on the seventh day after the day on which this Order is made, but for the purpose only of the exercise of any power to make regulations—

(a) Parts II to V;

(b) Articles 56 and 58;

(c) Article 67 so far as relating to paragraph 22 of Schedule 8.

F1 partly exercised by SRs 1999/494; 2000/68, 133, 182, 209, 332; 2001/114, 137, 438; 2002/25, 63; 2003/204