The Social Security, Child Support and Tax Credits (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2004 No. 516

SOCIAL SECURITY

FAMILY LAW

CHILD SUPPORT

The Social Security, Child Support and Tax Credits (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Made

20th December 2004

Coming into operation

21st December 2004

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 22(4) to (6) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(1), sections 5(1)(a) and (h) and 165(1), (4) and (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), Article 13(5) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(3), Articles 8(6)(a), 13(2), 16(1) and 74(1), (3), (5) and (6) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 4 to, the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(4), and now vested in it(5) and paragraphs 6(2)(c), 10(1) and 20(1)(b) and (3) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(6), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

S.I. 1991/2628 (N.I. 23); Article 22 was substituted by Article 42 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)) and is substituted by section 10 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4)

(2)

1992 c. 8; section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)

(3)

S.I. 1997/1183 (N.I. 12)

(4)

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 13(2) was substituted by paragraph 19(3) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21). The powers in Chapter II of Part II, exercised in these Regulations in respect of tax credits, are applied and modified under section 63(8) of the Tax Credits Act 2002 by S.I. 2002/2926

(5)

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

(6)

2000 c. 4