Introductory text

Housing; Rates; Social Security

Made 25th February 2009

Coming into operation 18th March 2009

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 131(1) and (2) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1 and Articles 6(5) and (12) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2, and now vested in it^f3, sections 1(5)(a) and 19(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^f4 and sections 4(3) and 25(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007^f5.

Regulations 5 and 6 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel^f6.

It appears to the Department for Social Development that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is inexpedient to refer proposals in respect of these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee^f7.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7; section 133(2)(d) was substituted by paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)); section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)
f2: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36(2)(a) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)
f3: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
f4: 2002 c. 14 (N.I.)
f5: 2007 c. 2 (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 sections 149(2) and 150(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)