Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 1226 (C.45)

The Social Security Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988

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1988 No. 1226 (C.45)

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(3) of the Social Security Act 1988^[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation
    1.    This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988.

Appointed day
    2.    The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Social Security Act 1988 specified below is 12th September 1988 —
 (a) section 4 (income support and child benefit);
 (b) Schedule 4, paragraphs 2 (employment and training) and 30 (overpayments), and section 16(1) so far as it relates to those paragraphs; and
 (c) the repeal in Schedule 5 of paragraph 45 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security Act 1986^[2] , and section 16(2) so far as it relates to it.

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

Michael Portillo

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Security

14th July 1988

This Order provides for the coming into force on 12th September 1988 of the following provisions of the Social Security Act 1988 —
— section 4;
— paragraphs 2 and 30 of Schedule 4;
— the repeal in Schedule 5 of paragraph 45 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security Act 1986.

These provisions relate to income support and child benefit for persons aged 16 and 17 years and the supply of information to the Secretary of State under the Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50).

The following provisions of the Social Security Act 1988 have been brought into force by the Social Security Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/520) —

Provision	Date of Commencement
s.2 (partially), Sch. 1	11.4.88
s.3	11.4.88
s.6	2.10.88
s.7	1.1.89
s.9, Sch. 2	6.4.88
s.11, Sch. 3	11.4.88
s.13	17.3.88
s.14	17.3.88
s.16(1), Sch. 4 (partially)	17.3.88
	(partially) 1.4.88 partially) 6.4.88 (partially) 11.4.88
s.16(2), Sch. 5 (partially)	6.4.88
	(partially) 11.4.88 (partially) 2.10.88

[1] 1988 c. 7. back

[2] 1986 c. 50. back