2003 No. 28

SOCIAL SECURITY

The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made

Coming into operation

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 171(3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19921, and now vested in it2, sections 6(4A), 8(4A) and 10(4) of the Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 20013 and sections 1(5), 2(3), (4) and (6), 3(4) to (8), 4(3), 5, 6(2), 7(4) and (7), 9(4) and (5), 12(2) and (3), 15, 16(2) and 17(2) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 20024, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, by this statutory rule, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, provisions of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and which is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into operation of those provisions5, hereby makes the following Regulations: