The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 121

Housing; Rates; Social Security

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

14th March 2012

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 123(1)(d) and (e), 132(3) and (4)(b), 132A(3), 133(2)(i), 134(2), and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(j) and (n), 69(4) and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), Articles, 14(4)(b) and 36(1) and (2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3), Articles 11(6) and 74(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(4), and now vested in it(5), and section 59 of, and paragraph 4(3) and 20(1) of Schedule 7 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(6), section 15(1)(e) and (3) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(7) and sections 1(2), 25(1) and (2), 28(2) and 29 of, and paragraphs 1(4)(a), 6(5) of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 1(1) and 7(1)(a) of Schedule 4 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(8).

Regulations 6, 7 and 10 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(9).

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulations 6, 7 and 10 should not be referred to it(10).

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 123(1)(d) was substituted by paragraph 13(4) and 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13(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)) and the word “and” was repealed by Schedule 3 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)), section 132A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)), section 133(2)(d) was substituted by paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

(2)

1992 c. 8; 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)

(3)

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

(4)

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002

(5)

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

(6)

2000 c. 4 (N.I.)

(7)

2002 c. 14 (N.I.)

(8)

2007 c. 2 (N.I.); paragraph 1(4)(a) of Schedule 1 was amended by section 12(5)(a) and (b) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 13 (N.I.))

(9)

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

(10)

See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992