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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2011 No. 26

Social Security

The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews etc.) (Equalisation of State Pension Age) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Made

4th February 2011

Coming into operation

7th March 2011

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2A(1), (5)(b) and (6)(a), 2AA(1) and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and Articles 11(3) and 74(1), (3) and (5) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(2), and now vested in it(3).

This Rule contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, section 29 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010(4).

(1)

1992 c. 8; section 2A was inserted by Article 54 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)) and amended by section 29(2) and (4) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 13 (N.I.)); section 2AA was inserted by section 5 of the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 10 (N.I.)) and subsection (1) was amended by section 29(3)(a) and (4) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 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)

(2)

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

(3)

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