The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2008 No. 280

Social Security

The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made

1st July 2008

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and Article 21(1)(a) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(2), and now vested in it(3), and sections 2(1)(a) and (c) and (4)(a) and (c), 3(1)(c), (2)(b) and (d) and (3), 4(2)(a), (3) and (6)(a) and (c), 5(2) and (3), 8(1) to (3), (4)(a) and (b), (5) and (6), 9(1) to (3) and (4)(a) and (b), 11(1), (2)(a) to (g), (3) to (5), (6)(a) and (7)(c), 12(1), (2)(a) to (h) and (3) to (7), 14(1) and (2)(a) and (b), 16(2)(a) and (4), 17, 18(1), (2) and (4), 20(2) to (7), 23(1) and (3), 24(1), (2)(b) and (3), 25(1) and (2) and 26(1) of, and paragraphs 1(4), 3(2), 4(1)(a) and (c), (3) and (4), 6(1)(b), (2) to (5), (7) and (8) of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 1 to 7, 8(1), 9, 10, 12 and 14 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(4).

This Rule contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, provisions of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.

(1)

1992 c. 8; section 5(1) was amended by Article 3(1) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)), Article 70 of, and paragraph 60(1) of Schedule 6 to, the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)) and paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2 (N.I.))

(2)

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)

(3)

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

(4)

2007 c. 2 (N.I.); see definitions of “employment” and “employed”, “period of limited capability for work” and “week” in section 24(1)