The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(d), 132(1), (3) and (4)(b), 133(1) and (2)(l) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 , sections 5(1)(m), 165(1) and (4) and 167(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 , Articles 2(2), 11(6) and 74(1) and (3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 , paragraphs 4(5), 20(1)(b) and 23(1) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 , sections 5, 15(1)(e), (3) and (6)(b), 17(1) and (2)(a) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and Articles 5, 48(1) and (2)(a) of, and paragraphs 1 and 4(1)(a) of Schedule 6 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 .
Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 .