Regulation 5 Interpretation of this PartI1

Northern Ireland

In this Part—

“the 1998 Order” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998^f1,
“the 2015 Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015,
“outstanding amount”, see regulation 7,
“overpayment” means welfare supplementary payment paid in excess of entitlement,
F1“Overpayment Regulations” means the Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.
“relevant social security benefit” has the same meaning as in section 115CA of the Administration Act^f2.

Annotations

F1: Words in reg. 5 inserted (temp until 31.3.2028) (20.3.2025) by The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Universal Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/60), regs. 1(2), 10 (with reg. 1(3))

f1: S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)
f2: 1992 c.8; section 115CA was inserted by paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4) and amended by section 1(7) and (8) of the Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 17), paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14), Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), paragraph 4(11) of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), paragraph 13 of Schedule 12 and paragraph 26 of Schedule 16 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5 (N.I.)) and paragraph 13 of Schedule 2, paragraph 11 of Schedule 9 and Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015

C1: Pt. 2 applied (temp. until 31.3.2028) (20.3.2025) by The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Universal Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/60), regs. 1(2), 43 (with reg. 1(3))