# The Discretionary Financial Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Introduction: Introductory text


Social Security
Made 6th July 2017
Laid before Parliament 7th July 2017
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60(1) to (4) and (6) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000.
These powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/143/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction
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