Assembly procedure: regulations imposing work-related activity requirements on lone parents of children under [F15] N.I.
8—(1) [F2This section applies to regulations—
(a)made within 5 years of the passing of this Act; and
(b)made under any relevant provision which impose a requirement on any lone parent of a child under the age of [F35] to undertake work-related activity (within the meaning of the regulations).]
(2) In subsection (1) “relevant provision” means—
(a)section 2D(1) of the Administration Act,
F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)[F5section 13 of the Welfare Reform Act.]
(3) [F6Regulations (whether alone or with other provisions) to which this section applies shall be laid before the Assembly after being made and shall take effect on such date as may be specified in the regulations, but shall (without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder or to the making of new regulations) cease to have effect upon the expiration of a period of six months from that date unless at some time before the expiration of that period the regulations have been approved by a resolution of the Assembly.]
(4) [F7If subsection (3) applies to any regulations, any statutory provision under which the regulations would be subject to negative resolution does not apply]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 8 heading heading substituted (16.1.2017) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), arts. 2(2), 64(2); S.R. 2016/46, art. 5(b)
F2S. 8(1) repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes and subsequently on the days on which and for the purposes for which "the amending provisions" are brought into force by secondary legislation) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 5; S.R. 2017/190, art. 9 (with arts. 10-25)
F3Word in s. 8(1) substituted (16.1.2017) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), arts. 2(2), 64(2); S.R. 2016/46, art. 5(b)
F4S. 8(2)(b) repealed (17.2.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 2; S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(6)(b)
F5S. 8(2)(c) repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes and subsequently on the days on which and for the purposes for which "the amending provisions" are brought into force by secondary legislation) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 5; S.R. 2017/190, art. 9 (with arts. 10-25)
F6S. 8(3) repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes and subsequently on the days on which and for the purposes for which "the amending provisions" are brought into force by secondary legislation) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 5; S.R. 2017/190, art. 9 (with arts. 10-25)
F7S. 8(4) repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes and subsequently on the days on which and for the purposes for which "the amending provisions" are brought into force by secondary legislation) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 5; S.R. 2017/190, art. 9 (with arts. 10-25)