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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides for the coming into operation of provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 as follows—

  • 2nd July 2001 for provisions relating to grants towards the cost of discretionary housing payments;

  • 23rd July 2001 for provisions relating to the prohibition on occupational pension schemes having different rules for overseas residents, etc.;

  • 1st October 2001 for provisions relating to the recovery of housing benefit; and

  • 6th April 2002 for provisions relating to an alternative to anti-franking rules.

The impact on business of the commencement of provisions in the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 is detailed in the Regulatory Impact Assessment relating to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill. A copy of that Assessment may be obtained, free of charge, from Social Security Policy and Legislation Division, Castle Buildings, Stormont, Belfast BT4 3SJ.