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The Social Security (Credits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

S.R. 2012/109 · Made 9 March 2012

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Social Security

Made 9th March 2012

Coming into operation 5th April 2012

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(5) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f1 and now vested in itf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 7; section 22(5) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)) and paragraph 3(3)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2 (N.I.)) and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

f2

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Credits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 5th April 2012.

2Amendment of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations

In regulation 9C of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975f1 (credits for adoption pay period and maternity pay period)—

(a)

in the heading after “adoption pay period” insert “, additional paternity pay period”;

(b)

in paragraph (1)(a) after “paragraph (2)(a)” insert “or (aa)”;

(c)

in paragraph (2) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

the additional paternity pay period in respect of which additional statutory paternity pay was paid to a person, or”; and

(d)

in paragraph (5)—

(i)

after ““adoption pay period”,” insert ““additional paternity pay period”,”, and

(ii)

after ““statutory adoption pay”” insert “, “additional statutory paternity pay””.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 9th March 2012

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 9C of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975 to provide for an award of credits in respect of any week during which a person was paid additional statutory paternity pay.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.