The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2010 No. 69

Housing; Rates; Social Security

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made

8th March 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)(a) and (d), 129(2), 131(1), 132(3) and (4), 132A(2) and (3), 133(2)(d), (f) and (i), 134(1)(a) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(h) and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), Articles 5(1)(f)(iii), 5A(1)(e)(ii), 6(5), 14(4)(a) to (c), 22B(4) and (6), and 36(2) of, and paragraphs 1(2)(b) and 8A(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3) and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(4), and now vested in it(5), and sections 2(3)(b), 7(7)(a), 15(1)(f) and (6)(a) and (b) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(6) and sections 4(2), 17(1) and (3)(a) and (b) and 25(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(7).

Regulations 8 and 9 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(8).

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulations 8 and 9 should not be referred to it(9).

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 129(2) was amended by Article 8(2) of the Housing Support Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3154 (N.I. 8); section 132A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)) and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

(2)

1992 c. 8; section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S. I. 1999/671)

(3)

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 5A was inserted by paragraph 5(2), and Article 22B was inserted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 N.I. 11)), Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and paragraph 8A of Schedule 1 was inserted by paragraph 16(1) and (2) of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

(4)

S.I. 1997/1183 (N.I. 12); Paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 applies to lump sum payments by virtue of Article 3A of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, which was inserted by section 8 of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 9)

(5)

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

(6)

2002 c. 14 (N.I.)

(7)

2007 c. 2 (N.I.)

(8)

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

(9)

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