{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/45",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations further amend the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (“the principal Regulations”).\nThese Regulations amend the principal Regulations so as to clarify the policy intention in relation to the treatment of the dwelling occupied as the home.\nThese Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.\nThese Regulations do not impose any charge on business.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/45/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:59:16.175775+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}