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The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Modification) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/2659 · Made 10 October 2006

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northern ireland

social security

Made 10th October 2006

Laid before Parliament 24th October 2006

Coming into force 15th November 2006

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of October 2006,

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

This Order is made by Her Majesty in Council in exercise of the power conferred by section 87(7) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998f1.

Her Majesty considers it expedient to modify section 87(6) of that Act.

Accordingly, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c.47. Subsection (6) of section 87 was modified by S.I. 2000/741, 2000/3254, 2002/265 and 2003/1890. Other amendments to section 87 are not relevant to this Order.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Modification of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Modification) Order 2006 and comes into force on 15th November 2006.

2Modification of the Northern Ireland Act 1998

Subsection (6) of section 87 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 is modified by adding at the end the following paragraphs—

“(r)

the Age-Related Payments Act 2004f1 and the Age-Related Payments (Northern Ireland) Order 2004f2;

(s)

the Pensions Act 2004f3 and the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005f4”.

Signature

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds the Age-Related Payments Act 2004, the Age-Related Payments (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, the Pensions Act 2004 and the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 to the legislation listed in section 87(6) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The effect of this amendment will be to render those Acts and Orders subject to the provisions in that section concerning consultation and co-ordination between the Secretary of State and the Northern Ireland Minister having responsibility for social security.

This Order does not impose any costs on business, charities or the voluntary sector.