PART 1INTRODUCTION
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 and shall come into operation on 29th September 2018.
Interpretation2
1
In this Order—
“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19925;
“the Pensions Act” means the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 20156;
“the Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 19937;
“the Computation of Earnings Regulations” means the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19968;
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20089;
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201610;
“the Great Britain Up-rating Order” means the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2018;
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200611;
“the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200612;
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 198713;
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199614;
“the State Pension Credit Regulations” means the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200315; and
“the Universal Credit Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201616.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 195417 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
3
For the purposes of this Order and notwithstanding section 39(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954, where a period of time is expressed to begin on, or to be reckoned from, a particular day, that day shall be included in the period.