Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)
5. The Administration Act is amended as follows.
6. In section 2B (supplementary provisions relating to work-focused interviews)—
(a)in subsection (1), after “relevant decisions” there is inserted “made under regulations under section 2A or 2AA above”;
(b)in subsection (2), for the words from “is a” to “2A above” there is substituted “, in relation to regulations under section 2A above, is a decision”;
(c)after subsection (2) there is inserted—
“(2A) For the purposes of this section a “relevant decision”, in relation to regulations under section 2AA above, is a decision that—
(a)the partner of a person entitled to a benefit has failed to comply with a requirement to take part in an interview which applied to the partner by virtue of the regulations, or
(b)it has not been shown, within the prescribed period mentioned in section 2AA(4)(f)(ii) above, that the partner had good cause for such a failure.”; and
(d)in subsections (3), (5)(a) and (9), after “section 2A” there is inserted “or 2AA”.
7. In section 2C (optional work-focused interviews), in subsection (2)—
(a)for the words from “persons” (in the first place where it occurs) to the end of paragraph (b) there is substituted
“—
(a)persons making claims for or entitled to any of the benefits listed in section 2A(2) above or any prescribed benefit; and
(b)partners of persons entitled to any of the benefits listed in section 2AA(2) above or any prescribed benefit,”; and
(b)after “section 2A” there is inserted “or 2AA”.
8. In section 5A (sharing of functions as regards certain claims and information)—
(a)in subsection (2), after “social security” (in each place) there is inserted “or work”; and
(b)in subsection (6)(d), for “social security matters” there is substituted “social security or work matters” and after “war pensions” there is inserted “, or employment or training”.
9. In section 166 (Assembly, etc. control of orders and regulations), in subsection (2), after paragraph (aa) there is inserted—
“(aaa)to the first regulations to be made under section 2AA above;”.