The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2003 No. 189

HOUSING; RATES

The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made

21st March 2003

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(d), 129(4), 132(3), 171(1) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and sections 1(1), 5(1)(b) and (c) and 165(1) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2) and now vested in it(3), and paragraphs 4(3) and (5) and 20(1)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(4) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(5), and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(6), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

(2)

1992 c. 8

(3)

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

(4)

2000 c. 4 (N.I.)

(5)

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

(6)

See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992