Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership (Miscellaneous and Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 5th December 2005.
(2) Paragraph 1 of the Schedule, shall come into operation, for the purposes only of making regulations under section 62 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), on 2nd December 2005.
1992 c. 7; section 62 was amended by Article 128 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to, the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)), paragraph 87 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004, paragraph 16 of Schedule 9 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)) and paragraph 5 of the Schedule to S.R. 2005 No. 434