2024 No. 54

Social Security

The Social Security and Universal Credit (Migration of Tax Credit Claimants and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Made

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department for Communities1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1)(s), 165(1), (4) and (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 19922, sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(3) and (4)(b), and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19923, Articles 2(2), 14(1) and (4)(b) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 19954, and now vested in it5, sections 17(1), (3)(b), and 24(1) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 20076, and Articles 5, 9(2) and (6), 13(3), 16(4), 17(1) and (3), 24(2)(d), (3) and (4), 25(1)(b), 30(a), 31(6)(a), 32(4)(a), and 48(2), and paragraphs 4(1)(b) and (c), 4(2), 4(3)(a) and 5(1) of Schedule 1 to, and paragraphs 1(1) and 7 of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 20157.

The powers under the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 are exercisable by the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Cessation of Transitory Provision) Order 20208.