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The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2017 No. 62

Housing; Rates; Social Security

The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Made

15th March 2017

Coming into operation

10th April 2017

The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 132(4)(b) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), Article 14(4)(b) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2) and now vested in it(3), sections 15(1)(j) and (6)(b) and 19(1) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(4) and section 17(3)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(5).

Regulations 5 and 6 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance (6).

(1)

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

(3)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

(6)

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

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