Introductory text

Northern Ireland

HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 6th May 2004

Coming into operation 12th May 2004

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 131(1), 132(3) and (4)(b) and (d), 134(1)(a) and 171(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1 and Articles 14(1) and (4)(b) and (d) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2 and Article 2(2) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997^f3, and now vested in it^f4, section 15(3) and (6)(b) and (d) of the State Pensions Credit (Northern Ireland) Act 2002^f5, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel^f6, in so far as regulations 2, 3(1), (2)(a), (3), (4)(a), (5) and (6)(a) are concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of those regulations should not be referred to it^f7, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7; section 134(1) was substituted by Article 66(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))
f2: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)
f3: S.I. 1997/1183 (N.I. 12)
f4: See Article 8(b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to S.R. 1999 No. 481
f5: 2002 c. 14 (N.I.)
f6: 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 and Part II of Schedule 4 to S.R. 1999 No. 481
f7: See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)