Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2002 No. 133

SOCIAL SECURITY

Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made

3rd April 2002

Approved by resolution of the Assembly

22nd April 2002

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Department for Employment and Learning(1), in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 3(3), 4(3), 11(1) and (4) of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979(2) and now vested in it(3) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

Formerly known as the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment; renamed the Department for Employment and Learning by the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 c. 15

(2)

S.I. 1979/925 (N.I. 9); relevant amending legislation is S.I. 1985/1209 (N.I. 16) Article 22, S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18) Schedule 3, paragraph 17 and 1992 c. 9 Schedule 2, paragraph 22

(3)

The Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481) transferred functions under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 to the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, now renamed the Department for Employment and Learning