The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2009 No. 338

Housing; Rates; Social Security

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Made

5th October 2009

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)(d) and (e), 132(3) and (4), 132A(3), 133(2)(f) and (h) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(b) and 165(1) and (4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), Articles 5(1)(f)(iii), 5A(1)(e)(ii), 6(5), 14(1), (2) and (4)(a) and (b) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3), and now vested in it(4), sections 5, 15(3) and (6)(a) and (b) and 19(1) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(5) and sections 4(1) and (2)(a) , 12(1), (2)(h) and (7), 17(1), (2) and (3)(a) and (b), 18(4) and 25(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(6).

Regulations 6 and 7 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(7).

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulations 6 and 7 should not be referred to it(8).

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 123(1)(d) was substituted by paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)), section 123(1)(e) was inserted by paragraph 13(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and the word “and” was repealed by Schedule 3 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)), section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

(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) and section 165(6) was amended by Schedule 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))

(3)

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 5A was inserted by paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (N.I. 11), Article 36(2) 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 (N.I.); section 5 was amended by paragraph 148 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)

(6)

2007 c. 2 (N.I.)

(7)

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

(8)

See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)