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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2013 No. 67
Housing; Rates; Social Security
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
Made
13th March 2013
Coming into operation
2nd April 2013
The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 131(1), 132(1), 132A(3), 133(2)(h) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), Articles 6(5), 14(4), 15(2) and 36(1) and (2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2), Articles 11(6) and 74(1) and (5) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(3), and now vested in it(4), sections 2(3)(b), 15(3) and (6) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(5) and sections 17(1) and (3)(b) 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).
1992 c. 7; section 132A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)) and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)
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 (S.I. 1999/671)
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
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)); seealso Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (1992 c. 8)