Introductory text

Northern Ireland

HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP

Made 1st December 2005

Coming into operation 5th December 2005

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 48(1), 113(1)(b), 122(1)(a) and (d), 130, 131, 132 and 171(1), (3) to (5) of, and paragraphs 2(2), 3B(5)(b)(iii) and 7B(5)(b)(iii) of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1, sections 5(1)(a) and (b) and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f2 and Articles 10(4), 11(6) and 74(1), (3) and (5) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998^f3, and now vested in it^f4, and paragraphs 10(1) and 20(1) and (3) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000^f5, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel^f6, in so far as regulation 5 is concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of regulations 5 and 8 should not be referred to it^f7, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7; section 48(1) is amended by paragraph 78(2) of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) and section 113(1) is amended by paragraph 92 of that Schedule. Section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21). Paragraphs 3B and 7B were inserted by paragraphs 7 and 10 respectively of Schedule 9 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1))
f2: 1992 c. 8; section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)
f3: S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002
f4: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
f5: 2000 c. 4 (N.I.)
f6: See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
f7: See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992