Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005.
(2)
In this Order—
(a)
paragraph 5 of the Schedule shall come into operation, for the purposes only of making regulations under section 62 of the Contributions and Benefits Act2;
(b)
paragraph 6(e) and (k) of the Schedule shall come into operation, for the purposes only of making regulations under paragraphs 3C and 7B of Schedule 5 to the Contributions and Benefits Act3; and
(c)
paragraph 27 of the Schedule shall come into operation, for the purposes only of making regulations under Article 49(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 19994,
on 10th November 2005.
(3)
Subject to paragraph (2), this Order shall come into operation on 5th December 2005.
(4)
In this Order “the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.