The Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2001 No. 137 (C. 7)

PENSIONS

The Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made

29th March 2001

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999(1), and now vested in it(2), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001.

(2) In this Order any reference to a numbered Article or Schedule is to the Article of, or the Schedule to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 bearing that number.

Appointed day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into operation of—

(a) Article 16 (compensating occupational pension schemes) in so far as not already in operation; and

(b) in Part I of Schedule 10 (repeals) the repeal in Article 81(3)(a) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3) and Article 76 in so far as it relates to that repeal,

is 23rd April 2001.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 29th March 2001.

L.S.

John O'Neill

Senior Officer of the

Department for Social Development

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides for the coming into operation on 23rd April 2001, in so far as it is not already in operation, of Article 16 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 to make further provision for the compensation payable by the Pensions Compensation Board to schemes whose assets have been reduced in value as a result of certain acts or omissions. An associated repeal is brought into operation on the same date.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The following provisions of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 have been brought into operation by—

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 494 (C. 38)),

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 68 (C. 2)),

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 133 (C. 5)),

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 182 (C. 8)),

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 209 (C. 10)),

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 332 (C. 14)), and

• the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 114 (C. 4)).

  Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. No.
  Articles 3 and 4 (partially)	1.10.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Article 5 (partially)	6.4.01 and 8.10.01	2001 No. 114 (C. 4)
  Articles 6 and 7 (partially)	8.10.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Articles 8 and 9 (partially)	1.10.00 and 8.10.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Article 10 (partially)	6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  Article 11 (partially)	3.4.00	2000 No. 68 (C. 2)
  Article 12 (partially)	29.5.00 and 1.12.00	2000 No. 182 (C. 8)
  Article 17 (partially)	25.4.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	29.5.00	2000 No. 182 (C. 8)
  Articles 18 to 20 (partially)	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  Articles 21 to 48 (partially)	1.12.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Article 50	12.1.00 and 2.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  Articles 51 to 53	24.4.00 and 9.4.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Article 56 (partially)	19.3.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  Article 58 (partially)	3.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  Articles 59 to 62	3.11.00 and 6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  Article 63	12.1.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  Article 64 (partially)	12.1.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  Article 64	9.4.01	2000 No. 182 (C. 8)
  Article 66	18.4.00 and 15.5.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Article 67 (partially)	16.12.99, 12.1.00, 2.4.00 and 3.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  	24.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	3.11.00 and 6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  	19.3.01	2001 No. 114 (C. 4)
  Article 74 (partially)	18.4.00 and 1.12.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  Article 75 (partially)	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  Article 76 (partially)	2.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  	24.4.00, 25.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  	3.11.00 and 6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  Schedule 1 (partially)	1.10.00 and 8.10.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Schedule 2 (partially)	25.4.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	29.5.00	2000 No. 182 (C. 8)
  Schedules 3 and 4 (partially)	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  Schedules 5 and 6 (partially)	1.12.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  Schedule 7 (partially)	19.3.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  Schedule 8 (partially)	16.12.99, 12.1.00, 2.4.00 and 3.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  	24.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	3.11.00 and 6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)
  	19.3.01	2001 No. 114 (C. 4)
  Schedule 9 (partially)	18.4.00 and 1.12.00	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  Schedule 10 (partially)	2.4.00	1999 No. 494 (C. 38)
  	24.4.00, 25.4.00, 1.12.00 and 9.4.01	2000 No. 133 (C. 5)
  	1.12.00	2000 No. 209 (C. 10)
  	3.11.00 and 6.4.01	2000 No. 332 (C. 14)

(1)

S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)

(2)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

(3)

S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)