The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1982

Title, citation and commencementN.I.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 and this Order and the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Acts 1975 to 1981 may be cited together as the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Acts 1975 to 1982.

(2) This Part and Articles 9, 28, 33 and 35 to 37 and paragraphs 1 to 3, 7, 10 (1) and (3), 14, 15 and 17 to 20 of Schedule 4 together with Article 38 so far as it relates to those paragraphs shall come into operation on 10th August 1982 and the remaining provisions of this Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Head of the Department may by order appointF1.

(3) An order under paragraph (2) may make such transitional provisions as appears to the Head of the Department to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions thereby brought into operation.

F1Partly exercised by SR 1982/261