{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/loans-for-mortgage-interest-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/loans-for-mortgage-interest-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2017/176",
  "legislation_title": "The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/loans-for-mortgage-interest-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 30th August 2017\nLaid 5th September 2017\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a), 131(1), 133(1) and (2)(d) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 , Articles 2(2), 6(5) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 , sections 2(3)(b), 17(1) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 , sections 4(2)(a), 24(1) and 25(2)(a) of, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 , Articles 16(3) and (4) and 48(2)(a) of, and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 and Articles 13, 14, 16 and 22 of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 , makes the following Regulations.\nThose powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 .\nThis rule contains only regulations made under, by virtue of, or consequential upon, Articles 13, 14 and 16 of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 133(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”. Section 133(2)(d) was substituted by paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)) and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 2(2) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations” Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "2002 c. 14 (N.I.); section 17(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "2007 c. 2 (N.I.); section 24(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations” and section 25(2) was amended by Article 57(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.))."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "S.I. 2016/999 (N.I. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "Article 4 was amended by Article 4 of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016. Functions under or for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 are vested in the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/176/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:51:28.382665+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."
}