Introductory text

Housing; Rates

Made 4th July 2008

Coming into operation 6th October 2008

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 130(2) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1 and section 5(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f2, and now vested in it^f3, and sections 32 and 33 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007^f4.

The Regulations are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel^f5.

This Rule contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, sections 32 and 33 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7
f2: 1992 c. 8; section 5(1) was amended by Article 3(1) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)) and Article 70 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))
f3: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
f4: 2007 c. 2 (N.I.)
f5: See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993; see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481