The State Pension Credit (2002 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Appointed days

2.—(1) The day appointed for the coming into operation of–

(a) section 1 (entitlement);

(b) section 2 (guarantee credit);

(c) section 3 (savings credit);

(d) section 4 (exclusions);

(e) section 5 (income and capital of claimant, spouse, etc);

(f) section 6 (duty to specify assessed income period);

(g) section 7 (fixing of claimant’s retirement provision for assessed income period);

(h) section 9 (duration of assessed income period);

(i) section 11 (administration);

(j) section 12 (polygamous marriages);

(k) section 13 (transitional provisions);

(l) section 14 (minor and consequential amendments) except so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Schedule 2;

(m) section 15 (income and capital);

(n) section 16 (retirement pension income); and

(o) section 17 (other interpretation provisions),

is 2nd December 2002 for the purposes only of exercising any power to make regulations or orders.

(2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 17(1), in so far as it relates to the definition of “the Pension Schemes Act”, and section 18 (equal treatment for widows and widowers), is 14th January 2003.