# The Personal Independence Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Introduction: Introductory text


Social Security
Made 29th March 2017
Laid before Parliament- 30th March 2017
Coming into operation 20th April 2017
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 85(1) and (3)(b) and (c) and 99(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 .
Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/69/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-independence-payment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction
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