The Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2003 No. 418

HOUSING; RATES

The Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made

23rd September 2003

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by the provisions specified in the Schedule to these Regulations and now vested in it(1), section 132A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2) and paragraphs 3(1), 4(3) and (5) and 20(1) and (3) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(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:

(1)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

(2)

1992 c. 7; section 132A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.))

(3)

2000. c. 4 (N. I.)

(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)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

(5)

See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)