Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 629 (C. 13)

The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2000 No. 629 (C. 13)

PENSIONS

The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000

Made

7th March 2000

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 83(1) and 89(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation
1.This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000.

Appointed day
2.The day appointed for the coming into force of section 10 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (late payments by employers to occupational pension schemes) is 3rd April 2000.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Jeff Rooker
Minister of State, Department of Social Security

7th March 2000

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 3rd April 2000 section 10 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (which amends section 49 of the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26) in relation to the payments to be made by employers into occupational pension schemes), in so far as it is not already in force by virtue of section 89(5) of that Act of 1999.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 have been brought into force by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3309 (C.88)) and the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3420 (C.92)).

Provision of Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999	Date of commencement	S.I. Number
Section 53	12th January 2000 and 2nd April 2000	1999/3309
Section 61	3rd April 2000	1999/3309
Section 66	12th January 2000	1999/3309
Section 67(1) and (2)	12th January 2000	1999/3309
Schedule 8 in the following respects, and section 70 in so far as it relates to them:-
paragraphs 30 to 32 (partially)	12th January 2000 and 2nd April 2000	1999/3309
paragraph 23(1), (2) and (4)	13th December 1999	1999/3309
paragraph 23(3)	3rd April 2000	1999/3309
paragraph 24	3rd April 2000	1999/3309
Section 73 and Schedule 9	22nd December 1999 and 6th April 2000	1999/3420
Section 74 and Schedule 10	22nd December 1999 and 6th April 2000	1999/3420
Sections 75 and 76	22nd December 1999	1999/3420
Sections 77 and 78	6th April 2000	1999/3420
Schedule 12 in the following respects, and section 84(1) in so far as it relates to them:-
paragraph 74	6th April 2000	1999/3420
paragraphs 76 to 78	6th April 2000	1999/3420
paragraphs 84 to 86	6th April 2000	1999/3420
Schedule 13 in the following respects, and section 88 in so far as it relates to them:-
Part V (partially)	2nd April 2000	1999/3309
Parts VI and VII	6th April 2000	1999/3420

Notes:

[1] 1999 c. 30.back

ISBN 0 11 098795 0

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