The Social Security, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2002 No. 354

SOCIAL SECURITY

STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY; STATUTORY SICK PAY

The Social Security, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made

19th November 2002

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35(3), 35A(4) and (5)(a), (c)(i) and (d), 149(6), 160(9)(ea), 161(1), (3) and (7), 162(1)(b), 167(3)(b) to (d) and 171(1) to (4) of, and paragraphs 1 and 1A of Schedule 11 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and sections 5(1)(m), 124(1) and (2) and 165(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), and now vested in it(3), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the concurrence of the Treasury, in so far as such concurrence is required(4), by this statutory rule, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(5), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 35(3) was amended by regulation 2(3) of the Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity Pay Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (S.R. 1994 No. 176) and Article 50(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), section 35A was inserted by Article 50(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and subsection (5)(c)(i) is amended by section 4(1)(b) of the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 10 (N.I.)), section 160(9)(ea) is inserted by section 3(d) of the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, section 161(1) is amended by section 1 of that Act and subsections (3) and (7) were amended by regulation 3 of the Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity Pay Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994, section 162 is substituted by section 2 of the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, section 171(2) was amended by paragraph 28(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) and paragraph 1A of Schedule 11 was inserted by paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 to that Order

(2)

1992 c. 8; section 124(1) was amended by paragraph 49 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)) and section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

(3)

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

(4)

See paragraph 1A of Schedule 11 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

(5)

2002 c. 10 (N.I.)