# The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Introduction: Introductory text


Housing; Rates; Social Security
Made 15th March 2017
Coming into operation 10th April 2017
The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 132(4)(b) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Article 14(4)(b) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and now vested in it, sections 15(1)(j) and (6)(b) and 19(1) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and section 17(3)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.
Regulations 5 and 6 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/62/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-income-related-benefits-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction
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