# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Introduction: Introductory text


Social Security
Made 5th July 2017
Laid before Parliament 6th July 2017
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by:
sections 122(1)(d), 132(4)(b), 171(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992,
Articles 4(3B), 6(2), (5) and (12), 8H(7), 8J(5)(b) and (6), 8K(4)(b) and (5)(b), 14(1), (2), (3) and (4)(a) and (b), 21(4)(b) and (5)(b), 21A(4)(b) and (5)(b), 21B(1), (4)(b) and (6) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995,
sections 15(1)(e) and 19(2) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002,
sections 11H(7), 11J(3)(b), (4)(b) and (7), 12(3) and (4)(c), 13(3) and (4)(c) and 25(2)(a) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007, and
Articles 16(3)(a), 24(2)(d), 29(7), 31(6)(b), (7) and (8)(c), 32(4)(b), (5)(b) and (9)(c), 33(1) and (2)(f), 38, 43(3) and (6), 46, 48(1) and (2)(a) of, and paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 1(1), 4(1)(a), 5(1), (2)(c) and (d) and (3)(a) of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.
Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by virtue of Article 4(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/116/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction
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