The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2011 No. 357

Housing; Rates; Social Security

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Made

10th October 2011

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 90, 122(1)(a) and (d), 129(3), 129A(2), 131(1), 132A(3), 132(3) and (4), 134(1)(a), 147(4), 167A(2), 167D(1), and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 2A(1), (3)(b), (d) and (e), (4) and (5), 2AA(1) and (4)(f), 5(1)(h) and (q) and 165(1) and (4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), Articles 6(5), 14(1) and (4)(a) to (c) and 36(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and 8A of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3), paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(4), Articles 10(1)(a) and 21(1)(a) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(5), and now vested in it(6), sections 15(3) and (6)(b) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(7), and sections 3(2)(d) ,4(2)(a), 8(1) and (4)(a) and (5), 9(1) and (4)(a), 17(1) and (3)(b), 25(2) and 28(2) of, and paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 1, and paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 1(1) and 8 of Schedule 4 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(8).

Regulations 19 and 20 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(9).

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulations 19 and 20 should not be referred to it(10).

(1)

1992 c.7; the remaining provisions of section 90 (in relation to carer’s allowance) were repealed with savings by section 14 and Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 13 (N.I.)), section 134(1) was substituted by Article 66(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)); section 147(4) was amended and section 167D was inserted respectively by paragraph 34 of Schedule 1 to, and Article 8(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)), 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 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 sections 2(3), 3(2)(a) and (b) and 29(2) and (4) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010; 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. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 10 was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 7, paragraph 27(3) of Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and section 26(3)(a) and 27(1) to (3) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010, Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) 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

(4)

S.I. 1997/1183 (N.I. 12); Paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 applies to lump sum payments by virtue of Article 3A of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, which was inserted by section 8 of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 9)

(5)

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

(6)

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

(7)

2002 c. 14 (N.I.)

(8)

2007 c. 2 (N.I.)

(9)

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)); seealso Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

(10)

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