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The Back to Work Bonus (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

S.R. 2004/296 · Made 7 July 2004

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 7th July 2004

Coming into operation 25th October 2004

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 28 and 36 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1, and now vested in itf2, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 28 was amended by sections 722 and 723(1) and paragraphs 233 and 235 of Schedule 6 to, the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1) and Article 36 was amended by Article 4 and paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)

f2

See Article 8(b) and Part II of Schedule 6 to, S.R. 1999 No. 481

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on Amendment and Revocation) Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Back to Work Bonus (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 25th October 2004 immediately after the coming into operation of the Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on Amendment and Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003f1.

2Amendment of the Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on Amendment and Revocation) Regulations

In regulation 8(1) of the Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on Amendment and Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 –

(a)

for “Subject to paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted “Subject to the amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (3)”, and

(b)

in sub-paragraph (d), after “regulation 23(6) of the Back to Work Bonus Regulations” there shall be inserted “, or who makes a claim for a bonus after 28th January 2005 within the appropriate specified period”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 7th July 2004.

L.S.

John O'Neill

Senior Officer of the

Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on Amendment and Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 to provide for an extended period of transitional protection for claimants who comply with the requirements contained in the Social Security (Back to Work Bonus) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 on or before 28th January 2005.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.