1. This Order may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 27th September 2019.
2.—(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 1992 M1;
“the Pensions Act” means the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 M2;
“the Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 M3;
“the Computation of Earnings Regulations” means the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 M4;
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 M5;
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 M6;
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2017” means the Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 M7;
“the Great Britain Up-rating Order” means the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019 M8;
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 M9;
“” means the Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 M10;
“the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 M11;
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 M12;
“the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 M13;
“the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations” means the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 M14;
“the State Pension Credit Regulations” means the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 M15; and
“the Universal Credit Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 M16.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 M17 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.
Marginal Citations
M4S.R. 1996 No. 520
M5S.R. 2008 No. 280; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 2008 Nos. 413 and 503, S.R. 2017 Nos. 51 and 148 and S.R. 2019 No. 58
M6S.R. 2016 No. 219; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 2017 No. 51 and S.R. 2019 No. 58
M7S.R. 2017 No. 51; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2017 No. 148
M9S.R. 2006 No. 405; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 2008 No. 378, S.R. 2009 No. 382, S.R. 2011 Nos. 136 and 357, S.R. 2012 No. 116, S.R. 2016 Nos. 236 and 310, S.R. 2017 No. 51 and S.R. 2019 No. 58
M10S.R. 2016 No. 310
M11S.R. 2006 No. 406; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 2008 No. 498, S.R. 2012 No. 116, S.R. 2016 Nos. 236 and 310, S.R. 2017 No. 242 and S.R. 2019 No. 58
M12S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146 and 318, S.R. 1990 No. 346, S.R. 1993 No. 373, S.R. 1994 No. 77, S.R. 1995 Nos. 301 and 434, S.R. 1996 Nos. 199, 288 and 449, S.R. 1997 No. 3, S.R. 1998 No. 112, S.R. 1999 No. 472 (C. 36), S.R. 2000 No. 367, S.R. 2002 Nos. 132 and 323, S.R. 2003 Nos. 191 and 195, S.R. 2004 No. 394, S.R. 2007 No. 154, S.R. 2008 No. 503, S.R. 2011 No. 135, S.I. 2013/3021, S.R. 2016 No. 228, S.R. 2018 No. 37 and S.R. 2019 No. 58. See also regulation 4 of S.R. 2017 No. 79
M13S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1996 No. 288, S.R. 1997 No. 3, S.R. 1998 No. 112, S.R. 1999 No. 428 (C. 32), S.R. 2000 Nos. 350 and 367, S.R. 2001 No. 120, S.R. 2002 No. 323, S.R. 2003 Nos. 195 and 267, S.R. 2004 No. 394, S.R 2007 No. 154, S.R. 2008 No. 503, S.R. 2010 No. 103, S.R. 2011 No. 135, S.I. 2013/3021, S.R. 2016 No. 228, S.R. 2018 No. 187 and S.R. 2019 No. 58. See also regulation 5 of S.R. 2017 No. 79
M14S.R. 2017 No. 176; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2018 No. 37
M15S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 2004 No. 394, S.R. 2006 No. 359, S.R. 2008 No. 503, S.R. 2016 No. 236, S.R. 2018 No. 135 and S.R. 2019 No. 58
M16S.R. 2016 No. 216; relevant amending Rules are S.I. 2016/999 (N.I. 1), S.R. 2016 No. 226, S.R. 2017 Nos. 79 and 146, S.R. 2018 No. 92 and S.R. 2019 No. 58