32(1)The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 shall be amended as follows.
(2)In Article 6(1) for the words from “sections 16(2B)” to “Article 31” there shall be substituted the words “sections 34(4) and 47(2) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to that Act and Articles 31 to 31C”.
(3)In Article 11(5) for the words “Article 18(5) of that Order” there shall be substituted the words “section 41(7) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.
(4)In Article 18A(1) for the words “Section 134 of the principal Act” there shall be substituted the words “Section 155 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.
(5)In Article 26(1)(c) for the words “Article 25(3)” there shall be substituted the words “section 101(3) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.
(6)At the end of Article 26 there shall be added the following paragraph—
“(7)Subsections (6) and (7) of section 74 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 shall have effect for the purposes of this Article as they have effect for the purposes of that section.”.
(7)In Article 53(2) for the words “section 93(1) of the principal Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 15(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.”.
(8)In Article 60(3)(c) for the words “Part III of the principal Act including that Part as extended by Article 53(3)” there shall be substituted the words “sections 15 to 60 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992”.
(9)In Article 81(1) for the words from the beginning to “principal Act” there shall be substituted the words “Article 71B(1) to (4) of the Pensions Order”.
(10)In Article 81 for paragraphs (3) and (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—
“(3)Regulations under Article 7(15)(a), and regulations made by the Department and contained in a statutory rule which includes any such regulations, shall be laid before the Assembly after being made and shall take effect on such date as may be specified in the regulations, but shall (without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder or to the making of new regulations) cease to have effect upon the expiration of a period of six months from that date unless at some time before the expiration of that period the regulations have been approved by a resolution of the Assembly.
(4)Regulations and orders made by the Department under this Order, other than those to which paragraph (3) applies and orders under Article 1, shall be subject to negative resolution.”.
(11)In Article 81 for paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(8)Sections 171(10) and 172(9) to (11) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 shall apply to regulations under Article 79(6) as they apply to regulations under section 116(3) of that Act.”.