This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.R. 2019 No. 152 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Social Security
Made
at 1.33 p.m. on 3rd August 2020
Laid before Parliament
4th August 2020
Coming into operation
4th August 2020
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1(1) and 4(1)(a) of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(1).
Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(2).
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Managed Migration and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and come into operation on 4th August 2020.
2.—(1) The Universal Credit (Managed Migration and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019(3) are amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 4 (two week run-on of income-based jobseeker’s allowance and income-related employment and support allowance: day appointed for abolition), after “beginning with the day” insert “after the day”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Will Quince
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
1.33 p.m on 3rd August 2020
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Universal Credit (Managed Migration and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019 No. 152) to correct a technical error and ensure regulation 4 of those Regulations provides for a full two week run-on of income-based jobseeker’s allowance and income-related employment and support allowance.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, public or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
Article 4(1) was amended by Article 4(2)(a) of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/999 (N.I. 1)).