The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 No. 85

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2023 No. 85

Social Security

The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Made

26th May 2023

Coming into operation

18th September 2023

The Department for Communities(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134(2) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2) and now vested in it(3).

(1)

The Department for Social Development was renamed the Department for Communities in accordance with section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))

(2)

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. 481