The Social Security (Welfare to Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1998 No. 324

HOUSING; RATES;

SOCIAL SECURITY; STATUTORY SICK PAY

The Social Security (Welfare to Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made

15th September 1998

Coming into operation

5th October 1998

The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 30C(4)(b), 47(6), 68(11)(b)(i), (ca) and (cc), 122(1)(a) and (d), 131(1), 167A, 167C, 167D, 167E and 171(3) and (4) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), Articles 6 and 14 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994(2) and Article 6(5) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland(4) in so far as regulation 9 is concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(5), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 30C was inserted by Article 5(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)); section 68(11)(ca) and (cb) was substituted for section 68(11)(c) by paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 1 to that Order; section 68(11)(cc) was inserted by Article 11(3) of that Order; sections 167A and 167C were inserted by Article 7 of that Order and sections 167D and 167E were inserted by Article 8(1) of that Order

(2)

S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)

(3)

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

(4)

See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; subsection (6A) was inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8))

(5)

See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)