Introductory text

Northern Ireland

HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 10th March 2005

Coming into operation 4th April 2005

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(3) and (4)(a) and (b), 132A(3) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1, Articles 14(1), (4)(a) and (b), and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2 and now vested in it^f3, and sections 15(1)(j) and (6)(b) 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 2(2), (5), (9)(b), (10) and regulation 4 are concerned and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of those Regulations should not be referred to it^f6, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7; section 132A(3) was inserted by section 14 of and paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14), 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); Article 36(2)(a) 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: See Article 8(b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to 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 and Part II of Schedule 4 to S.R. 1999 No. 481
f6: See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)