Introductory text

Northern Ireland

housing; rates; Social security

Made 7th September 2007

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 30C(3), 30E(1), 70(8), 122(1)(a) and (d), 131(1) and (2), 132(3) and (4)(a) to (c), 132A(3), 133(2)(d) and (h), 167D and 171(1) to (4) of, and paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 7 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1 and Articles 6(5) and (12), 14(1), (2) and (4)(a) to (c), 21(8), 22A(9) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2, and now vested in it^f3, paragraphs 4(5) and 20(1)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000^f4 and sections 2(6), 15(3) and (6)(a) and 19(1) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^f5.

Regulations 9 and 10 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel^f6.

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulations 9 and 10 should not be referred to it^f7.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7; sections 30C, 30E and 167D were inserted by Articles 5(1) and 8(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)), section 70 was amended by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1994 No. 370 and Articles 2(2)(a)(iii) and 3 of the Deregulation (Carer’s Allowance) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 321), section 132A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c.14 (N.I.)), section 133(2)(d) was substituted by paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)), section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) and paragraph (2) was amended by paragraph 28(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)
f2: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 22A was inserted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)) and Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
f3: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
f4: 2000 c. 4 (N.I.)
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 S.R. 1999 No. 481
f7: See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)