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The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (Note)

The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1999 No. 2860 (C.75)

SOCIAL SECURITY

PUBLIC HEALTH

The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999

Made 16th October 1999

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 79(3) and (4) and 87(2) and (3) of the Social Security Act 1998[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires -

(a) "the Act" means the Social Security Act 1998;

(b) "the Regulations" means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999[2];

(c) "relevant benefit" means any of the benefits to which article 2(c)(i) and (ii) of this Order refers, and references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Act.

Appointed Day

2. 18th October 1999 is the day appointed for the coming into force of -

(a) sections 18(2), 32 and 34;

(b) section 39(3) in so far as it provides that section 63 of the Administration Act shall cease to have effect, and section 86(2) and Schedule 8 in so far as they repeal that section 63; and

(c) the provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, in so far as those provisions are not already in force, for the purposes of -

(i) attendance allowance, disability living allowance and invalid care allowance under Part III of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

(ii) jobseeker's allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act and any sum payable under section 26 of that Act;

(iii) vaccine damage payments under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act;

(iv) decisions whether a person is entitled to be credited with earnings or contributions in accordance with regulations made under section 22(5) of the Contributions and Benefits Act; and

(v) decisions whether a person was, within the meaning of regulations, precluded from regular employment by responsibilities at home.

Consequential amendments and modifications

3. - (1) The amendments and modifications made by the following paragraphs of this article shall take effect as from 18th October 1999.

(2) The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977[3] shall as they relate to relevant benefit be modified in accordance with Schedule 2 to this Order.

(3) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987[4] shall as they relate to relevant benefit be modified in accordance with Schedule 3 to this Order.

(4) The Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988[5] shall as they relate to relevant benefit be modified in accordance with Schedule 4 to this Order.

(5) The Community Charges (Deductions from Income Support) (Scotland) Regulations 1989[6] shall as they relate to jobseeker's allowance be modified in accordance with Schedule 5 to this Order.

(6) The Community Charges (Deduction from Income Support) (No. 2) Regulations 1990[7] shall as they relate to jobseeker's allowance be modified in accordance with Schedule 6 to this Order.

(7) The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991[#not...

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