The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions and Housing Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2010 No. 312

Housing; Rates; Social Security

The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions and Housing Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made

10th September 2010

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(d), 131(1) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), Article 74(3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(2), and now vested in it(3), paragraphs 4(3) and (5) and 20(1)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(4) and sections 24(2) and (3), 25(2) and 28(2) of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 1(1), 3(b), 7 and 8 of Schedule 4 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(5).

Regulation 26 and Schedule 4 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(6).

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulation 26 and Schedule 4 should not be referred to it(7).

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

(2)

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 74(3) is applied to Schedule 7 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.)) by paragraph 20(3) of that Schedule

(3)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

(6)

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)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

(7)

See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)