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The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Modification) Order 2008

S.I. 2008/1242 · Made 7 May 2008

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Northern Ireland

Social Security

Pensions

Made 7th May 2008

Laid before Parliament 14th May 2008

Coming into force 18th June 2008

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 7th day of May 2008

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. Section 87 was modified by S.I. 2000/741, 2000/3254, 2002/265, 2003/1890 and 2006/2659. 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 2008 and comes into force on 18th June 2008.

2Modification of the Northern Ireland Act 1998

In section 87(6) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 at the end add—

“(t)

the Welfare Reform Act 2007f1 and the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007f2;

(u)

the Pensions Act 2007f3 and the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008f4”.

Signature

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds the Welfare Reform Act 2007, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007, the Pensions Act 2007 and the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 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 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.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies.