Introductory text
Northern Ireland
Social Security
Housing; Rates; Social Security
Made 3rd February 2015
Coming into operation 23rd February 2015
The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35(3), 35B(11), 132(3) and (4), 132A, 134(2) and (4) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f1, sections 158C and 189(4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f2, Articles 14(1) and (4) and 36(2) 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 section 25(2)(a) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007f6.
Regulation 6 is made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnelf7.
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulation 6 should not be referred to itf8.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1992 c. 7; section 35(3) was amended by regulation 2(3) of, and section 35B was inserted respectively by regulation 2(5) of S.R. 2014 No. 102, 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)
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1992 c. 8; section 158C was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I 1997/1182 (N.I 11)) and amended by paragraph 34 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)
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S.I. 1995/2705; Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
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See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
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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
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See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992