# The Social Security (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 11 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999, Article 8: Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) the definition of “adjudication officer” shall be omitted.
(3) In regulation 95(4A) (withholding of benefit) for “an adjudication officer” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted “the Department”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/472/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-1998-order-commencement-no-11-and-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-1999/article-8
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