1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 10) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002.
(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.
2. The day appointed for the coming into operation of—
(a)Articles 12 to 15 (pensions and bankruptcy) in so far as not already in operation;
(b)paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 (miscellaneous amendments), in so far as not already in operation, and Article 17 in so far as it relates to that paragraph;
(c)paragraphs 53 and 54 of Schedule 9 (consequential amendments) and Article 74(1) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs; and
(d)the following repeals in Part I of Schedule 10 (repeals) and Article 76 in so far as it relates to them—
(i)section 155(5) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993(1), and
(ii)in the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2)—
(aa)Article 89(3),
(bb)in Article 90(2), sub-paragraph (b) and the word “or” preceding it, and
(cc)Article 93,
is 6th April 2002.
3. Article 2(b) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001(3) shall be omitted.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 31st January 2002.
L.S.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development