Article 2 Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into force of—

(a)

section 1 (entitlement);

(b)

section 2 (guarantee credit);

(c)

section 3 (savings credit);

(d)

section 4 (exclusions);

(e)

section 5 (income and capital of claimant, spouse etc)

(f)

section 6 (duty to specify assessed income period);

(g)

section 7 (fixing of claimant’s retirement provision for assessed income period);

(h)

section 9 (duration of assessed income period);

(i)

section 11 (administration);

(j)

section 12 (polygamous marriages);

(k)

section 13 (transitional provisions);

(l)

section 14 (minor and consequential amendments) except so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Schedule 2;

(m)

section 15 (income and capital);

(n)

section 16 (retirement pension income); and

(o)

section 17 (other interpretation provisions),

is 2nd July 2002 for the purposes only of exercising any power to make regulations or orders.