Regulation 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Regulation 2 of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000^f1 (persons not excluded from specified benefits under section 115 of the Act) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In paragraph (1)^f2 omit—

(a)

“housing benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act,”;

(b)

“or state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^f3,”.

(3)

In paragraph (1A)^f4—

(a)

after “entitlement to” insert “housing benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act, state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 or”;

(b)

after “universal credit,” insert “as the case may be,”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 2 in operation at 15.9.2022, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2000 No. 71; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2003 No. 421, S.R. 2008 No. 286, S.I. 2008/3108, S.R. 2016 No. 236 and S.R. 2021 No. 281
f2: Paragraph (1) was amended by regulation 6(a) of S.R. 2003 No. 421, regulation 23(3)(a) of S.R. 2008 No. 286 and regulation 9(2) of S.I. 2008/3108
f3: 2002 c. 14 (N.I.)
f4: Paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 29(3)(a) of S.R. 2016 No. 236 and amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2021 No. 281