Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Housing; Rates; Social Security

Made 12th March 2008

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)(d) and (e), 131(1), 132(3) and (4)(a) to (c), 133(2)(d) and 171(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1, sections 5(1)(q) and 165(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f2 and Articles 6(5), 14(2) and (4)(a) and (b) and 36(2) of, and paragraphs 1(2)(a) and 3(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f3, and now vested in it^f4, and sections 2(3)(b) and (6), and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^f5.

Regulation 6 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 6 should not be referred to it^f7.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) and section 171(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)
f2: 1992 c. 8; section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and section 165(3) was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002
f3: 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
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)