Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the coming into force of sections 41 and 72 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19).
Section 41 makes further provision for the sharing, on divorce or nullity of marriage, of rights to the additional pension component of a state retirement pension.
Section 72 adds to the list of enactments under which days when a child is absent from his home in residential accommodation are to be disregarded for the purpose of determining entitlement to child benefit.
This Order does not impose any costs on business.