The Statutory Sick Pay (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

Consequential amendments, repeals and supplementary provisions

5.—(1) In consequence of this Order, in the following statutory provisions for the words “the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Acts 1975 to 1990” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Acts 1975 to 1991”—

(a) section 5(1) of the National Insurance Measure (Northern Ireland) 1974(1);

(b) section 9(7) of the Social Security Act 1980(2);

(c) Article 6(5) of the Forfeiture (Northern Ireland) Order 1982(3);

(d) Article 7(1)(a) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1985(4);

(e) paragraph (b) of the definition of “the benefit Acts” in Article 2(2) of the 1986 Order.

(2) The statutory provisions mentioned in the Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of the Schedule.

(3) The Department may by regulations make—

(a) such transitional provision,

(b) such consequential provision, or

(c) such savings,

as it considers necessary or expedient for or in connection with the coming into operation of any provision of this Order or the operation of any statutory provision repealed or amended by a provision of this Order during any period when the repeal or amendment is not wholly in operation.

(4) Subsections (1) to (3A) of section 155 of the principal Act (general provisions about regulations and orders) shall apply in relation to the powers to make regulations conferred by paragraph (3) as they apply in relation to any power conferred by that Act to make regulations, but as if for references to that Act there were substituted references to paragraph (3).

(5) Regulations under paragraph (3) shall be subject to negative resolution.

(6) The amendment or repeal by this Order of any provision of the 1982 Order or any other statutory provision which applies to any extent in relation to the Crown, or to persons employed by or under the Crown, has effect in relation to the Crown or any such persons to the same extent as the statutory provision amended or repealed; and the powers conferred by paragraph (3) are correspondingly exercisable in relation to the Crown or any such persons.

(1)

1974 c. 4 (N.I.)

(2)

1980 c. 30

(3)

1982 NI 14

(4)

1985 NI 16