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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 Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 as follows –

  • 24th November 2002 for a provision relating to the sharing of functions as regards certain claims and information;

  • 24th November 2002 for provisions, in so far as not already in operation, relating to the maternity pay period, entitlement to statutory maternity pay, the rate of maternity allowance and a consequential repeal; and

  • 6th April 2003 for provisions relating to the rate of statutory maternity pay, in so far as not already in operation, and the rate of maternity allowance and consequential amendments and repeals.

Article 3 makes transitional and savings provisions.