2 Appointed day
The day appointed for the coming into force of—
(a) section 1 (entitlement);
(b) section 2 (guarantee credit);
(c) section 3 (savings credit);
(d) section 4 (exclusions);
(e) section 5 (income and capital of claimant, spouse etc)
(f) section 6 (duty to specify assessed income period);
(g) section 7 (fixing of claimant’s retirement provision for assessed income period);
(h) section 9 (duration of assessed income period);
(i) section 11 (administration);
(j) section 12 (polygamous marriages);
(k) section 13 (transitional provisions);
(l) section 14 (minor and consequential amendments) except so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Schedule 2;
(m) section 15 (income and capital);
(n) section 16 (retirement pension income); and
(o) section 17 (other interpretation provisions),
is 2nd July 2002 for the purposes only of exercising any power to make regulations or orders.