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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999-commencement-no-2-order-1999/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999-commencement-no-2-order-1999/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3420",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999-commencement-no-2-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed days",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 73 and 74, and Schedules 9 and 10 (new threshold for primary Class 1 contributions)—\n(a) for the purpose only of the exercise of any power to make regulations, is 22nd December 1999,\n(b) for all other purposes, is 6th April 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3420/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:26:21.532925+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."
}