Introductory text
Social Security
Made at 10.23 a.m. on 7th April 2020
Laid before Parliament at 3.00 p.m. on 7th April 2020
Coming into operation 8th April 2020
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 123, 129, 131(1), 133(1) and (2)(h) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 M1, Articles 2(2), 6(5) and (12), 8(4), 9(4) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 M2, sections 2(3), (4), (6) and (9), 3(8), 17(1) and (2)(a) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 M3, sections 4(2) and (3), 24(1) and 25(2) of, and paragraph 6(8) of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 M4 and Articles 5, 7(2), 11(1), 13(1) and 48(2) of, and paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 M5.
Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 M6.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
1992 c.7. Section 133(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”.
- M2
S.I.1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 2(2) is cited for the meaning of the word “regulations”. Article 8 and 9 are maintained in operation in certain circumstances by Article 9 of S.R. 2017 No. 190.
- M3
2002 c.14 (N.I.). Section 17(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
- M4
2007 c. 2 (N.I.). Sections 2 and 4 were repealed for certain purposes by the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015. Section 24(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
- M5
2015 No. 2006 (N.I. 1). Article 5 is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”.
- M6
Article 4 was amended by Article 4 of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/999 (N.I. 1). Functions under or for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 are vested in the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.)).