The Income-related Benefits (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(3) and (4)(b), 132A(3), 134(1)(a) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19921, Articles 14(1) and (4)(b) and 36(2)(a) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 19952 and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 19973, and now vested in it4, and sections 15(6)(b) and 19(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 20025, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel6 in so far as regulation 3 is concerned and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of that regulation should not be referred to it7, hereby makes the following Regulations: