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Northern Ireland

HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 27th July 2006

Coming into operation 28th July 2006

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), 133(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, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2, and now vested in it^f3, and sections 1(5)(a) and 19(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^f4.

Regulation 3 is made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel^f5.

Proposals in respect of these Regulations were not referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee since it appeared to the Department for Social Development that by reason of the urgency of the matter it was inexpedient to do so^f6.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7; section 133(2) was amended by paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)) and 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) was amended by Article 4 of, and 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) and Part II of Schedule 6 to, S.R. 1999 No. 481
f4: 2002 c. 14 (N.I.)
f5: 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
f6: See sections 149(2) and 150(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)