Introductory text

Social Security

Made 12th March 2018

Laid before Parliament 14th March 2018

Coming into force 6th April 2018

These Regulations are made by the Treasury in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 117(1) and 175(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1 and by sections 117(1) and 171(3) and (10) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f2.

The Secretary of State and the Department for Communities concur in the making of these Regulations.

These Regulations contain only provisions in consequence of an instrument made under section 141 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f3 and section 129 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f4.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 4. Section 117(1) was amended by paragraph 68 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14) and by paragraph 23 of Schedule 3, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 7, to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) (“the Transfer Act”).
f2: 1992 c. 7. Section 117(1) was amended by paragraph 50 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)) and by paragraph 23 of Schedule 3, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 6, to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) (“the Transfer Order”). Section 171(10) was substituted by paragraph 28(3) of Schedule 3 to the Transfer Order. The functions of the Department of Health and Social Services under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 were transferred to the Department for Social Development by article 8(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 6 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481). The Department for Social Development was renamed as the Department for Communities by section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.)) and section 1(12) of that Act provided for existing functions to apply.
f3: 1992 c. 5. Section 141 was amended by paragraph 44 of Schedule 3 to the Transfer Act, paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the National Insurance Contributions Act 2002 (c. 19) and paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to the National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5) (“the NICA 2015”).
f4: 1992 c. 8. Section 129 was relevantly amended by paragraph 43 of Schedule 3 to the Transfer Order.