This Order brings into force further provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 as follows.

Provisions relating to—

• discretionary financial assistance with housing (section 69); and

• housing benefit and council tax benefit revisions and appeals (certain paragraphs of Schedule 7)

are commenced on 1st November 2000 for regulation-making purposes (article 3(a) and (c)), and on the same date related provisions are commenced regarding the Social Security Advisory Committee (section 73 partially) (article 2(b)).

Also commenced on 1st November 2000 are—

• the section which provides for the Government Actuary’s report on uprating pensions by reference to earnings (section 36) (article 2(a));

• the provision relating to recovery of housing benefit (section 71) for regulation-making purposes (article 3(b));

• provisions relating to the register of disqualified trustees held by the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (Schedule 5, paragraph 10) (article 2(c)); and

• certain provisions relating to social security investigation powers (Schedule 6, paragraph 7 and paragraph 8 partially) (article 2(d)).

Provisions relating to loss of benefit (sections 62 to 65) are commenced on 1st December 2000 for regulation-making purposes (article 5), and on the same date the related provisions regarding the Social Security Advisory Committee are commenced (section 73 partially) (article 4).

Provisions relating to state second pension (sections 30 to 35 and Schedule 4) are commenced on 8th January 2001 for regulation-making and order-making purposes (article 6).

The impact on business of the commencement of provisions in the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 is detailed in the Regulatory Impact Assessment (as revised) relating to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill (which was introduced in the House of Commons on 1st December 1999). A copy of that Assessment has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament and can be obtained from the Department of Social Security, Regulatory Impact Unit, 3rd Floor, the Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT.