{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/230",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nHousing\nRates\nMade 4th May 2016\nLaid before Parliament 10th May 2016\nComing into operation 20th June 2016\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 122(1)(d), 132(3) and (4), 133(1) and 171(1) and (3), of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, sections 5(1)(a) and 165(1), (4) and (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Article 74(3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and paragraphs 4(3) and (5), 20(1) and 23(1) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000.\nThese powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 133(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c.5; section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Sch. 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (SI 1999/671) and section 18(5) of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 (c. 7); section 165(6) was amended Schedule 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2000 c.4 (N.I.); paragraph 4(3A) was inserted by s. 30(3)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 and paragraph 23(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited for the meaning of prescribed"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/230/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:56:15.008717+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}