The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015

Benefit cap: supplementary and consequential N.I.

102.—(1) Regulations under Article 101 are subject to negative resolution.

[F1 (1A) Regulations under Article 101A must be laid before the Assembly after being made and take effect on such date as may be specified in the regulations, but shall (without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder or to the making of new regulations) cease to have effect upon the expiration of a period of 6 months from that date unless at some time before the expiration of that period the regulations are approved by a resolution of the Assembly.]

(2) In Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (decisions against which no appeal lies) after paragraph 8 insert—

“Reduction on application of benefit cap N.I.

8A.   A decision to apply the benefit cap in accordance with regulations under Article 101 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.”

(3) In Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (state pension: amendments), omit paragraph 44.

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 102(1A) inserted (13.10.2016) by The Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/999), arts. 2(2)(c), 6(2)

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 102 in operation at 17.2.2016 by S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(4)(a)