Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 3166 (C. 101)

The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2000

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(a) section 37 (revaluation of earnings factors);

(b) section 51 (restriction on index-linking where annuity tied to investments);

(c) section 53 (jurisdiction of the Pensions Ombudsman);

(d) section 73 (Social Security Advisory Committee) for the purposes of inserting a new paragraph (af) into each of the definitions of "relevant enactments" and "relevant Northern Ireland enactments" in section 170(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992[2] so far as each new paragraph (af) refers to section 42; and

(e) in Schedule 9, section (3) of Part III (repeals of provisions concerned with the Pensions Ombudsman), except in so far as it relates to the Pensions Act 1995[3].

    (3) 1st January 2001 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions: - 

(a) section 52 (information for members of pension schemes etc.) except in so far as it inserts a new subsection (3B) in section 113 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993[4];

(b) in Part I of Schedule 5 (miscellaneous amendments relating to pensions) - 


(i) paragraph 1 (guaranteed minimum for widows and widowers),

(ii) paragraph 2 (transfer of rights to overseas personal pension schemes),

(iii) paragraph 3 (protected rights),

(iv) paragraph 7 (use of cash equivalent for annuity),(v)Ìparagraph 8(2) (transfer values where pension in payment),

(vi) paragraph 9 (information about contracting-out), and

(vii) paragraph 12(1) (provision of documents and information by persons other than auditors or actuaries),



and section 56 so far as it relates to those paragraphs; and

(c) in Schedule 9, sections (4) to (9) of Part III (repeals of certain provisions relating to occupational and personal pensions).

    (4) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 40 (home responsibilities protection) is 8th January 2001.

    (5) The day appointed for the coming into force of Part II of Schedule 5 (alternative to anti-franking rules), and section 56 so far as it relates to that Part - 

(a) for the purposes of authorising the making of regulations and the making of orders, is 12th February 2001; and

(b) for all other purposes, is 1st June 2001.

Amendment of earlier Order
     3. In article 6 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2000[5] for the word "orders" there shall be substituted the words "an order appointing the first or second appointed year"[6].



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.


Jeff Rooker
Minister of State, Department of Social Security

30th November 2000

[2] 1992 c. 5; those definitions have been amended by paragraph 51 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 to the Child Support Act 1995 (c. 34), paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27), paragraph 104 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14) and paragraph 81 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30).back

[3] 1995 c. 26.back

[4] 1993 c. 48.back

[5] S.I. 2000/2950 (C. 87).back

[6] See section 35(14), which inserts definitions of "first appointed year" and "second appointed year" in section 122(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4).back

[7] In this note an asterisk indicates that the provision or provisions in the entry to which it relates has or have been commenced in part only.back