Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 2376 (C. 82)
social security
The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2006
Made
4th September 2006
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 79(3) and (4) and 87(2) of the Social Security Act 1998( 1 ).
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2006.
(2) In this Order, “the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998.
Appointed day
2. The day appointed for the coming into force of section 67 of the 1998 Act (daily rate of maternity allowance) is 1st October 2006, in respect of women whose expected week of confinement falls on or after 1st April 2007.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Philip A Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
4th September 2006