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(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000.
(2) In this Order any reference to a numbered Article or Schedule is to the Article of, or Schedule to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.
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The day appointed for the coming into operation of—
(a) Article 12(1), (2), (3) and (11) (effect of bankruptcy on pension rights: approved arrangements), and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (income payments orders and bankruptcy) and Article 17 in so far as it relates to that paragraph, is 29th May 2000;
(b) Article 12(12) (treatment of pension credits) is 1st December 2000, and
(c) Article 64(3) and (4) (‘relevant age' for higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance) is 9th April 2001.
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In Part III of the Schedule to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 for “Article 9, except the definition of “designated scheme” in subsection (1)” there shall be substituted “Article 9, except the definition of “designated scheme” in paragraph (1)”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 22nd May 2000.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
