Introductory text
Northern Ireland
Housing; Rates; Social Security
Made 11th December 2008
Coming into operation 5th January 2009
The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 123(1)(d), 132(1), (3) and (4), 132A(3) and 171(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f1, Articles 14(4) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 1 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f2, and now vested in itf3, sections 15(1)(e) and (j), (2) and (6) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002f4 and sections 17, 25 and 28(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007f5.
Regulations 5, 6 and 7 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnelf6.
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to itf7.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1992 c. 7; section 123(1)(d) was substituted by paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)), section 132A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)), section 171 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)
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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
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See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
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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
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See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992