Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2008 No. 428
Housing; Rates; Social Security
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
Made
23rd October 2008
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1
The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 123(1)(e), 129A(2), 131(1), 132(3) and (4)(a) to (c), 132A(3), 133(2)(h) and 171(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(h) and (q) and 165(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2) and Articles 6(5), 14(1) to (3) and (4)(a) to (c) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3), and now vested in it(4), and sections 2(3)(b) and (6), 15(3) and (6)(b) and 19(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(5).
Regulations 6 and 7 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(6).
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulations 6 and 7 should not be referred to it(7).
1992 c. 7; section 123(1)(e) was inserted by paragraph 13(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)) and amended by Schedule 3 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c.14 (N.I.)), section 129A was inserted by section 30(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2 (N.I.)), section 132A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)
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)
S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
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
See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992