Explanatory note

This Order brings into force further provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (C. 19).

Sections 62 to 66 (loss of benefit for breach of community order) are brought fully into force on 15th October 2001 for the purposes of their application to persons in relation to whom specified community orders are made, and who fall to be supervised in the probation areas of Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, Teesside or West Midlands (article 2(1) and (2)).

The impact on business of provisions in the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 is detailed in the Regulatory Impact Assessment relating to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill (which was introduced in the House of Commons on 1st December 1999). A copy of that Assessment has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament and can be obtained from the Department for Work and Pensions, Regulatory Impact Unit, 3rd Floor, The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT.