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(1) This order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1986 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1986.
(2) In this order unless the context otherwise requires, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Social Security Act 1986.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, the day appointed for the coming into force of section 52 and Schedule 5 (adjudication) is 6th April 1987.
(2) The following provisions of paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 (appeal from social security appeal tribunals to Commissioners) shall not have effect in relation to any decisions of social security appeal tribunals which are recorded in writing before the appointed day:—
(a) paragraph 7(1);
(b) paragraph 7(3) in so far as it substitutes a new subsection (5A) for subsection (5) of section 101 of the Social Security Act 1975.
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The day appointed for the coming into force of section 82 and Schedule 9 (amendments of enactments relating to social security in Northern Ireland) shall be the 6th April 1987.
Signed
Hailsham of St Marylebone, C
14th November 1986Norman Fowler
Secretary of State for Social Services
15th November 1986