Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends Schedule 8A to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 to provide for deductions from specified benefits in respect of integration loans made under the Integration Loans for Refugees and Others Regulations 2007.

Regulation 3 makes consequential revocations.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.