Appointed day

2.  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.