The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2004 No. 461

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Made

4th November 2004

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a), 131(1) and 171(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), Articles 6(5) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2) and sections 2(3)(b) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(3), and now vested in it(4), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to, the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) and section 171(5) was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12))

(2)

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36 was amended by Article 4 and paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)

(4)

See Article 8(b) and Part II of Schedule 6 to, S.R. 1999 No. 481