The Social Security, Universal Credit and State Pension (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

This Statutory Rule has been made in consequence of a defect in S.R. 2016 No.226 and S.R. 2017 No.146 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Rules

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2023 No. 93

Social Security

The Social Security, Universal Credit and State Pension (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Made

6th June 2023

Coming into operation -

29th June 2023

The Department for Communities (1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (j) and (l), 5(2)(za) and 165(1), (4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration Act (Northern Ireland)1992(2) and now vested in it(3) and Articles 17(4) and 48(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), 4(1)(a), (2)(c) to (e), and (3)(a) and 7 of Schedule 6 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(4), and section 18(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015(5).

In accordance with section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.

(1)

The Department for Social Development was renamed the Department for Communities in accordance with section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5(N.I.))

(2)

1992 c.8

(3)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No.481

(4)

S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)

(5)

2015 c.5