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Northern Ireland

HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 12th February 2004

Coming into operation 29th March 2004

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(4)(b) and 171(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1, Articles 14(4)(b) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2, and now vested in it^f3 and sections 15(6) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^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 6 are concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)
f2: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)
f3: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
f4: 2002 c. 14 (N.I.)
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