# The Discretionary Financial Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, Introduction: Introductory text


Social Security
Made 12th March 2008
Coming into operation 7th April 2008
The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60(1) and (2) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 and Article 74(4) to (6) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and now vested in it.
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulation 2(2)(c) should not be referred to it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/111/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/introduction
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