Introductory text

Northern Ireland

HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 3rd April 2001

Coming into operation 9th April 2001

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 6(5), 14(4)(a) and (b), 21(2) and (10)(c), 22(4), 22B(4) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f1 and sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 131(1), 132(4)(a) and (b), 171(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f2, and now vested in it^f3, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel^f4 in so far as regulations 13(1), (2), (3)(a), (4), (5)(a), (6), (7)(a), (8), (9)(a), (10), (11)(a), (12), (13)(a), (14), (15)(a) and 14(1), (2)(a) and (5) are concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of those regulations should not be referred to it^f5, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 22B was inserted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)) and Article 36(2) 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)
f2: 1992 c. 7
f3: See Article 8(b) of, and Part II of Schedule 6 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)
f4: 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)); consent function transferred from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Finance and Personnel; see Article 6(b) of, and Part II of Schedule 4 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999
f5: See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)