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(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 9, and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2000.
(2) In this Order, “the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.
(3) In this Order, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.
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(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 9 (monitoring of employers' payments to personal pension schemes), in so far as it is not already in force, is 6th April 2001.
(2) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 59 (couples to make joint claim for allowance) and Schedule 7 (joint claims for jobseeker’s allowance), in so far as those provisions are not in force, is 19th March 2001.
(3) Subject to articles 3 and 4 of this Order, the days appointed for the coming into force of—
(a) section 62 (incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors),
(b) section 63 (incapacity benefit: reduction for pension payments),
(c) section 64 (incapacity benefit: persons incapacitated in youth),
(d) section 65 (abolition of severe disablement allowance),
(e) section 70 (welfare benefits: miscellaneous amendments) so far as it relates to paragraphs 21 (contribution conditions) and 22 (incapacity benefit: rate) of Schedule 8 (welfare benefits: minor and consequential amendments),
(f) section 70 so far as it relates to paragraph 26 (beneficiaries under sections 68 and 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act) of Schedule 8 (welfare benefits: minor and consequential amendments), and
(g) section 88 (repeals) so far as it relates to Part IV of Schedule 13 (abolition of severe disablement allowance),
are as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5).
(4) For the purpose of authorising the making of regulations in respect of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3), the appointed day is 3rd November 2000.
(5) For all purposes other than that mentioned in paragraph (4) in respect of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3), the appointed day is 6th April 2001.
(6) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 70 (welfare benefits: miscellaneous amendments), so far as it relates to—
(a) paragraphs 20 and 25 (parliamentary control) of Schedule 8, is 3rd November 2000;
(b) paragraph 27 of Schedule 8 (recovery of fines under the Criminal Justice Act 1991), is 6th April 2001.
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(1) Notwithstanding the commencement of section 62 (incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors), where a person is entitled to incapacity benefit by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Contributions and Benefits Act (contribution conditions for short-term incapacity benefit) on any day of incapacity for work in a period of incapacity for work beginning before 6th April 2001 which continues, whether or not by virtue of section 30C of the Contributions and Benefits Act or regulations made thereunder, on or after that date, that paragraph of that Schedule shall have effect in relation to him, in that period of incapacity for work, as if section 62 had not been commenced.
(2) Notwithstanding the commencement of section 63 (incapacity benefit: reduction for pension payments) and paragraph 22 of Schedule 8 (incapacity benefit: rate), where a person is entitled to incapacity benefit under sections 30A to 30E of the Contributions and Benefits Act on any day of incapacity for work in a period of incapacity for work beginning before 6th April 2001 which continues, whether or not by virtue of section 30C of that Act or regulations made under that section, on or after that date, sections 30A to 30E of that Act shall have effect in relation to him, in that period of incapacity for work, as if section 63 and paragraph 22 of Schedule 8 had not been commenced.
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Notwithstanding the commencement of the provisions referred to in article 2(3)(d), (f) and (g) and (6)(b) (“severe disablement allowance provisions”), the provisions referred to in paragraphs 26 and 27 of Schedule 8 and Part IV of Schedule 13 shall continue to have effect, in the period of incapacity for work beginning before 6th April 2001 which would have continued, whether or not by virtue of section 30C or 68(10) or (10A) of the Contributions and Benefits Act or regulations made thereunder, on or after that date but for the commencement of the severe disablement allowance provisions, as if those provisions had not been commenced—
(a) in relation to a person, to whom paragraph (b) does not apply, who is entitled to severe disablement allowance under section 68 or 69 of the Contributions and Benefits Act on any day of incapacity for work in that period of incapacity for work; or
(b) until the beginning of 6th April 2002, in relation to a person who—
(i) was under the age of 20 years on 6th April 2001, and
(ii) is entitled to severe disablement allowance under section 68(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act on any day of incapacity for work in that period of incapacity for work.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Hugh Bayley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
1st November 2000