# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend a number of different regulations relating to social security in consequence of certain provisions of Schedule 1 to the National Insurance Act 2015 (c. 5) (“the 2015 Act”) coming into operation. Paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Act substitutes section 11 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c.7), which relates to liability for Class 2 National Insurance contributions. From 6th April 2015 self-employed earners with profits in a tax year of £5,965 (the Small Profits Threshold) or over will pay Class 2 contributions via the Self-Assessment system.
Regulation 1 provides for citation, commencement and interpretation.
Regulations 2 to 8 amend the following regulations:
the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992;
the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996;
the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001;
the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;
the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;
the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008,
in particular so as to align the language and legislative references with those contained in the 2015 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/163/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/note
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