The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2023 No. 97

Social Security

The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Made

16th June 2023

Coming into operation

9th July 2023

The Department for Communities(1), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 129A(2), 131(1), 132(3) and (4), 132A(3) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), Section 165(4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3), Articles 6(5), 14(1) and (4) and 36(2)(a) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(4), paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(5), and now vested in it(6), sections 2(3)(b), 15(3) and (6) and 19(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(7), sections 4(2) and 17(1) and (3) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(8) and Article 48(1) and (2)(a) of, and paragraph 4(1) and (3) of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(9).

The powers are exercisable by the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 2 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Cessation of Transitory Provision) Order 2020(10).

Regulations 5 and 6 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance(11).

(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. 7; section 129A was inserted by section 30(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2 N.I.)) and section 132A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.))

(3)

1992 c. 8 (N.I.)

(4)

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)

(5)

S.I. 1997/1183 (N.I. 12)

(6)

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

(7)

2002 c. 14 (N.I.)

(8)

2007 c. 2 (N.I.)

(9)

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

(10)

S.I. 2020/927

(11)

See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(4) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))