
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999.
(2) In this Order references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.
2 
The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 73 and 74, and Schedules 9 and 10 (new threshold for primary Class 1 contributions)—
(a) for the purpose only of the exercise of any power to make regulations, is 22nd December 1999,
(b) for all other purposes, is 6th April 2000.
3 
The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 75 and 76 (earnings of workers supplied by service companies etc.) is 22nd December 1999.
4 
The day appointed for the coming into force of—
(a) sections 77 and 78 (Class 1B contributions),
(b) section 84(1) (consequential amendments) so far as relating to paragraphs 74, 76 to 78 and 84 to 86 of Schedule 12,
(c) section 88 (repeals) so far as relating to Parts VI and VII of Schedule 13,
(d) paragraphs 74, 76 to 78 and 84 to 86 of Schedule 12 (consequential amendments), and
(e) Parts VI and VII of Schedule 13 (repeals),is 6th April 2000.
Jim Dowd
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st December 1999