The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2011 No. 135

Housing; Rates; Social Security

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Made

21st March 2011

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 30E(1), 122(1)(a) and (d), 131(1), 132(3) and (4)(b), 167A(2), 167D(2) and 171(1), (3) and (4), and paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 7 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 2A(1) and (8), 5(1)(q), 13A(2)(a) and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), Articles 6(5), 14(1) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3) and Articles 11(6) and 74(1) and (3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(4), and now vested in it(5), and sections 3(2)(d) 4(2), 17(1) and (3)(b), 25(2) and 28(2) of, and paragraphs 1, 4, 9, and 10 of Schedule 2, to the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(6).

Regulations 12 and 13 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(7).

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulations 12 and 13 should not be referred to it(8).

(1)

1992 c.7; section 30E(1) was inserted by Article 5(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)); sections 167A to 167C were inserted by Articles 4(4), 7 and 8(1) respectively, of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I.12)); section 167A was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)); section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

(2)

1992 c. 8; section 2A was inserted by Article 54 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147) and amended by section 3(2)(b) and 29(2) and (4) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 13 (N.I.)); section 13A was inserted by paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Social Security (Mortgage Interest Payments) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/1309 (N.I. 9)) and subsection 2(a) was amended by paragraph 9(b) of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, 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 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

(4)

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002

(5)

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

(6)

2007 c. 2 (N.I.)

(7)

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

(8)

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