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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999-commencement-no-4-order-2000/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1047",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999-commencement-no-4-order-2000",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed days",
  "text": "(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 69 of the Act (child benefit: claimant to state national insurance number)—\n(a) for the purpose of the exercise of powers to make regulations, is 17th April 2000; and\n(b) for all other purposes, is 15th May 2000.\n(2) The day appointed—\n(a) for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order—\n(i) for the purpose of the exercise of powers to make regulations, is 24th April 2000, and\n(ii) for all other purposes, is 9th April 2001;\n(b) for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in Part II of that Schedule, is 25th April 2000;\n(c) for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in Part III of that Schedule, in so far as not already in force, is 1st October 2000;\n(d) for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in Part IV of that Schedule, in so far as not already in force, is 1st December 2000; and\n(e) for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in Part V of that Schedule, in so far as not already in force, is 8th October 2001.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1047/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:36.788047+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."
}