Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Carer’s Allowance) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation –
(a)except for the purposes of Article 2, on 28th October 2002; and
(b)for the purposes of Article 2 –
(i)for the purposes of exercising powers to make subordinate legislation to come into operation on or after 1st April 2003 (being powers or subordinate legislation which apart from Article 2 would refer to invalid care allowance), on 21st October 2002; and
(ii)for all other purposes, on 1st April 2003.
(2) In this Order –
“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1); and
“subordinate legislation” means orders, rules, regulations and other instruments made under any statutory provision.