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Northern Ireland

HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 9th March 2006

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 122(1)(a) and (d), 123(1)(e), 131(1), 132(4)(a) and (b), 132A(3), 134(1)(a) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1, sections 5(1)(l) and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act (Northern Ireland) 1992^f2, Articles 14(4)(a) and (b) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f3, and now vested in it^f4, and sections 2(3)(b) and (9), 13(1)(a), 15(1)(j) and 19(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^f5.

Regulation 3 of these Regulations is made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel^f6.

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulation 3 should not be referred to it^f7.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7; section 123(1)(e) was inserted by paragraph 13(5) 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 134(1) was substituted by Article 66(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)) and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)
f2: 1992 c. 8
f3: 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)
f4: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
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)