# The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020, Introduction: 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 , 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 , 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 , 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 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 .
Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/63/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/introduction
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