Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2017 No. 35

Social Security

The Housing Benefit (Welfare Supplementary Payment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Laid before the Assembly in draft

Made

26th January 2017

Coming into operation

20th February 2017

The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 137A of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(1).

In accordance with Article 137A(9) of that Order, a draft of these Regulations was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.

In accordance with Article 137A(10) of that Order, the Department consulted the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, as a statutory body on which these Regulations impose functions, before making these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1). Article 137A was inserted by Article 19 of S.I. 2016/999 (N.I. 1). Under section 1(7) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Act 2016, the Department for Social Development, on which the enabling power for these Regulations was conferred, was renamed the Department for Communities.