The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2004 No. 389

HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Made

9th September 2004

Coming into operation

4th October 2004

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(3), (4)(a) and (b), 133(2)(e) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), section 5(1)(h), (j) and (2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2) and Articles 14(1), (4)(a) and (b), and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3) and now vested in it(4), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(5), in so far as regulations 2(1), (2)(a), (3), (4)(a) and (6) and 3(1), (2)(a) and (4) are concerned and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of those Regulations should not be referred to it(6), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

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

(2)

1992 c. 8; sub-section (2)(aa) was inserted by paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)), sub-section (2)(ab) was inserted by paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 1 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14) and sub-section (2)(c) and (d) were repealed by Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

(3)

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36(2)(a) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)

(4)

See Article 8(b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to S.R. 1999 No. 481

(5)

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 and Part II of Schedule 4 to S.R. 1999 No. 481

(6)

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