Introductory text

Northern Ireland

HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 26th March 2004

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 113(3), 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(3) and (4)(b) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1, sections 2A(1), (3)(c) to (f), (4), (5)(a) and (b), (6), (7) and (8), 2B(2), (6) and (7), 71(1) and 165(1) and (4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f2 and Articles 6(5), 14(1) and (4)(b) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f3, and now vested in it^f4, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel^f5, in so far as regulations 3 and 8 are concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of those regulations should not be referred to it^f6, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7; section 113(3) was amended by paragraph 48 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)) and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)
f2: 1992 c. 8; section 2A and 2B were inserted by Article 54 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)), section 2B(2) was amended by paragraph 6(b) of the Schedule to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 10) and section 71(1) was amended by paragraph 32(2) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15))
f3: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36(2)(a) 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)
f4: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
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 section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992