# The Social Security (Infected Blood and Thalidomide) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Introduction: Introductory text


Social Security
Made 24th October 2017
Coming into operation 30th October 2017
The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(3) and (4), 132A(3) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and section 165(4) and (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Articles 14(1) and (4) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and now vested in it and Article 29(1) and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, sections 2(3)(b), 15(3) and (6)(b) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and sections 17(1) and (3) and 25(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007, makes the following Regulations.
Regulations 6 and 7 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/219/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-infected-blood-and-thalidomide-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction
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