EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the coming into operation of section 52 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (provision relating to “relevant employer” for the purposes of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/925 (N.I. 9))) on 19th July 2007 for the purpose only of authorising the making of an order and 10th August 2007 for all other purposes.