Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Welfare

Laid before the Assembly in draft

Made 23rd January 2017

Coming into operation - 6th February 2017

The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 137 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015^f1, and now vested in it^f2.

In accordance with Article 137(5) of that Order, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the Assembly.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.1); Article 137 was amended by Article 18 of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/999 (N.I. 1))
f2: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I))