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The Social Security (1998 Order) (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

S.R. 2006/388 · Made 22 September 2006

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social security

Made 22nd September 2006

Coming into operation 16th October 2006

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 9(3)(h) and 74(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998f1 and now vested in itf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 9 was amended by paragraph 16 of Schedule 6 and Schedule 9 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671), Schedule 13 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) and paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)) and Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002

f2

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Prescribed benefits
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (1998 Order) (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 16th October 2006.

2Prescribed benefits

The benefits prescribed for the purposes of Article 9(3)(h) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (decisions by the Department) are—

(a)

the following benefits under the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975f1—

(i)

sickness benefit under section 14f2,

(ii)

unemployment benefit under section 14,

(iii)

invalidity pension under section 15f3,

(iv)

invalidity allowance under section 16f4,

(v)

attendance allowance under section 35f5, and

(vi)

mobility allowance under section 37Af6; and

(b)

supplementary benefit under the Supplementary Benefits (Northern Ireland) Order 1977f7.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 22nd September 2006

L.S.

John O’Neill

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe sickness benefit, unemployment benefit, invalidity pension, invalidity allowance, attendance allowance and mobility allowance under the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 and supplementary benefit under the Supplementary Benefits (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 as “relevant benefits” for the purposes of Article 9 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.