The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2005 No. 580

SOCIAL SECURITY; HOUSING; RATES

The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made

16th December 2005

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 113(1)(b), 122(1)(a) and (d), 123(5), 129(4), 131(1), 132(3), 134(2) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(q), 71(1)(b) and 165(1) and (4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2) and Articles 6(5) and 36(2)(a) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3), and now vested in it(4), and sections 2(3), (6) and (9), 3(8) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(5), with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel in so far as regulation 4 is concerned(6), and 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)

(2)

1992 c. 8; section 71(1) was amended by paragraph 32(2) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)) and 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. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36(2)(a) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

(4)

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

(5)

2002 c. 14

(6)

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