The Social Security, Child Support and Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2005 No. 46

SOCIAL SECURITY

FAMILY LAW

CHILD SUPPORT

The Social Security, Child Support and Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made

16th February 2005

Coming into operation

18th March 2005

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 22(4), (5) and (6) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(1), sections 122(1)(a), 123(1)(e) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), sections 5(1)(a), (g), (j), (n), (q) and (s), 5A(2), 69(5), (5A) and (8), 72(2), 165(1), (4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3), Article 13(5)(a) and (b) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(4), Articles 7(3), 10(1) and (6), 11(3) and (6), 13(2), (6) and (7), 15(3)(b) and (11), 16(1), 17(2), 28(1) and 74(1), (3) to (6) of, and paragraphs 1, 3, 4 and 6 of Schedule 4 to, the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(5), and now vested in it(6), and paragraphs 3(1), 6(8), 10(1) and 20(1) and (3) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(7) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor in so far as regulation 7(19) is concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

S.I. 1991/2628 (N.I. 23); Article 22 was substituted by Article 42 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)) and is substituted by section 10 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4)

(2)

1992 c. 7; section 123(1)(e) was inserted by paragraph 13(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)) and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

(3)

1992 c. 8; section 5A was inserted by Article 68 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)) and amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 10), in section 69 subsection (5) was amended by paragraph 62(2) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, subsection (5A) was inserted by section 2(4) of the Social Security (Overpayments) Act 1996 (c. 51) and amended by paragraph 62(3) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and subsection (8) was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002, section 72(2) was amended by paragraph 11(b) of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14) and section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)

(4)

S.I. 1997/1183 (N.I. 12)

(5)

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 13(2) was substituted by paragraph 19(3) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002. The powers in Chapter II of Part II exercised in these Regulations in respect of tax credits, are applied and modified under section 63(8) of the Tax Credits Act 2002 by S.I. 2002/2926

(6)

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

(7)

2000 c. 4