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Housing; Rates; Social Security

Made 7th April 2014

Coming into operation 28th April 2014

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(3) and (4), 132A and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f1, sections 5(1)(a), 109A(2)(b) and 165(1), (4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f2, Articles 14(4) and 36(2)(a) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f3, and now vested in itf4, sections 15(3) and (6) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002f5 and sections 17(1) and 25(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007f6.

Regulations 6 and 7 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnelf7.

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulations 6 and 7 should not be referred to itf8.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 7; section 132A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)) and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

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 (S.I. 1999/671)

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

2007 c. 2 (N.I.)

f7

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)); seealso Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

f8

See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992