2014 No. 133
Housing; Rates; Social Security
The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014
Made 8th May 2014
Coming into operation 31st May 2014

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 131(1) and (2) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Articles 6(5) and (12) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and sections 115(3), (4) and (8) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and now vested in it, sections 1(5)(a) and 19(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and sections 4(3) and 25(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.
1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)
S.I. 1995/2705; Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)
1999 c. 33
See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
2002 c. 14 (N.I.)
2007 c. 2 (N.I.)
Regulations 5 and 6 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel.
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)); seealso Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulations 5 and 6 should not be referred to it.
See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992