Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2017 No. 242

Housing; Rates; Social Security

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Made

20th December 2017

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(2)

The Department for Communities(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 123(1)(e), 129A(2), 131(1), 132(3) and (4)(b), 132A(3) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), sections 5(1)(k) and 165(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3), Article 14(1) and (4)(b) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(4), Articles 11(6) and 74(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(5), and now vested in it(6), and section 59 of, and paragraphs 4(5) and 20(1) of Schedule 7 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(7), sections 2(3)(b), 12(2) and (3), 15(3) and (6)(b) and 19(1) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(8), and section 17(1) and (3)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(9).

Regulations 6 and 7 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance(10).

(1)

See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

(2)

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

(3)

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 18(5) of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 (c. 7)

(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

(10)

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 and section 1(4) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))