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Northern Ireland

HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 27th November 2000

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 11th May 2001

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 8(4), 14(1) and (4)(a) and (b), 21(2), (8)(b) and (10)(c), 22(4) and (6), 31(1), (3), (5) and (6)(a) and (c) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f1 and sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(3) and (4)(a), (b) and (c), 133(2)(d) and 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, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it^f4, and with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel^f5 in so far as regulations 11(1) and (2)(a), 12(3), 13(3), 14(2), 15(1) and (2)(a), 16(1) and (2)(a) and 17(2) and (3)(a) are concerned, and whereas these Regulations are made with a view to ascertaining whether their provisions will, or will be likely to, encourage persons to obtain work or will, or will be likely to, facilitate the obtaining by persons of work, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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f1: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)
f2: 1992 c. 7; section 133(2)(d) was substituted by paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
f3: See Article 8(b) of, and Part II of Schedule 6 to, the Departments (Transfers and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)
f4: See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)
f5: 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