{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-1998-order-commencement-no-8-and-savings-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-1999/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-1998-order-commencement-no-8-and-savings-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-1999/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/371",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 8 and Savings, Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-1998-order-commencement-no-8-and-savings-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into operation of—\n(a) Article 31 of the Order; and\n(b) the provisions of the Order specified in Schedule 1, in so far as they are not already in operation, for the purposes of—\n(i) benefits under Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act except child’s special allowance,\n(ii) severe disablement allowance under sections 68 and 69 of that Act,\n(iii) benefits for the aged under sections 78 and 79 of that Act,\n(iv) increases for dependants under Part IV of that Act, and\n(v) graduated retirement benefit under sections 35 and 36 of the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1966,\nis 6th September 1999.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in operation at made date"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 6 (N.I.); sections 35 and 36 were repealed by the Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38) but are continued in force by regulation 2 of the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 (S.R. 1978 No. 105)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/371/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:18:13.210939+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}