8(1)If paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the M1 Jobseekers Act 1995 has not come into force before the commencement of this Act, this Act shall have effect until the relevant commencement date as if a reference to unemployment benefit were substituted for—E+W+S
(a)each of the references to jobseeker’s allowance in subsections (3) and (4) of section 16,
(b)the second reference to jobseeker’s allowance in subsection (5) of that section,
(c)the first reference to jobseeker’s allowance in subsection (1) of section 17, and
(d)the reference to jobseeker’s allowance in subsection (2) of that section.
(2)The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to the relevant commencement date is a reference—
(a)if an order has been made before the commencement of this Act appointing a day after that commencement as the day on which paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the M2Jobseekers Act 1995 is to come into force, to the day so appointed, and
(b)otherwise, to such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.