Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2000 No. 265

HOUSING; RATES

The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Made

31st August 2000

Coming into operation

2nd October 2000

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(d) and 171(1) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and sections 73(1) to (4) and 165(1) and (4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2) and now vested in it(3), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(4), and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(5), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(2)

1992 c. 8; section 73(1) was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 and by Schedule 2 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1182 (N.I. 11))

(3)

See Article 8(b) of, and Part II of Schedule 6 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)

(4)

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)); consent function transferred from the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland to the Department of Finance and Personnel; see Article 6(b) of, and Part II of Schedule 4 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

(5)

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