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(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001.
(2) In this Order any reference to a numbered Article or Schedule is to the Article of, or the Schedule to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 bearing that number.
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The day appointed for the coming into operation of—
(a) Article 16 (compensating occupational pension schemes) in so far as not already in operation; and
(b) in Part I of Schedule 10 (repeals) the repeal in Article 81(3)(a) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and Article 76 in so far as it relates to that repeal,is 23rd April 2001.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 29th March 2001.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
