The Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000

Made: 9th March 2000

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999[^f00001], and now vested in it[^f00002], and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000.

Appointed day

2

The day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 11 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (late payments by employers to occupational pension schemes), in so far as it is not already in operation, is 3rd April 2000.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 9th March 2000.

John O'Neill — Senior Officer of the — Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides for the coming into operation of Article 11 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (which amends Article 49 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)), in relation to the payments to be made by employers to occupational pension schemes), on 3rd April 2000.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)

[^f00002]: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481