The Social Security (Equalisation of State Pension Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2010 No. 103

Housing; Rates; Social Security

The Social Security (Equalisation of State Pension Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made

12th March 2010

Coming into operation

6th April 2010

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 129A(2) and (3), 131(1), 132(3) and (4)(b), 134(2) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(a) to (d), (j) and (q) and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), Articles 6(1), (5) and (7) and 14(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994(3), Articles 6(5), 7(3), 14(1) and (4)(b) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 8A(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(4), and now vested in it(5), sections 15(6)(b) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(6) and sections 17(1) and (3)(b), 18 and 25(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(7).

Regulations 8 to 10 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(8).

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals in respect of regulations 8 to 10 should not be referred to it(9).

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 129A was inserted by section 30(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2 (N.I.)) and 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)

(3)

S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)

(4)

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 and paragraph 8A of Schedule 1 was inserted by paragraph 16(2) of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))

(5)

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

(6)

2002 c. 14 (N.I.)

(7)

2007 c. 2 (N.I.)

(8)

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

(9)

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