The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2003 No. 191

SOCIAL SECURITY

The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made

24th March 2003

Coming into operation

for the purpose of Parts I, II, III and VI

7th April 2003

for all other purposes

6th October 2003

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134(1)(a) and 171(3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(a) to (e), (g), (h), (hh), (j), (k), (m), (q), (t), 5(2A), 5A(2), 13A, 69(8), 72(1) and (2), 139B(1)(3), 165(4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(4), Articles 28(1) and (4)(a) of the Jobseeker’s (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(5), Articles 4(1) and (5)(a) and 19(1) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(6), Articles 11(3) and (6), 18(1) and 74(3)(7) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(8) and now vested in it(9), and sections 1(5)(b), 2(3)(b) and (6), 3(5), 7(4), 12(2), 13, 15(1)(j), (3), (6)(a) and (b), 17(2)(a) and 19(2) of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to, the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(10), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, by this statutory rule, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, provisions of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and which is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the operation of those provisions(11), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 7

(2)

Section 5A was inserted by Article 68 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (NI) Order 1999, (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))

(3)

Section 139B(1) was inserted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002

(4)

1992 c. 8; section 13A was inserted by paragraph 1 of the Schedule to, the Social Security (Mortgage Interest Payments) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I.1992/1309 (N.I. 9)) and is applied to state pension credit by subsections (1A) and (2)(aa) of that section, inserted by paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to, the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002. Section 165(6) was amended by paragraph 86 of Schedule 6 to, the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))

(5)

1995 No. 2705 (N.I. 15)

(6)

1995 No. 2702 (N.I. 13)

(7)

Chapter II of Part II is applied to State Pension Credit by Article 9(3)(bb) and (4) as inserted and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the State Pension Credit Act (N.I.) 2002

(8)

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)

(9)

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

(10)

2002 c. 14 (N.I.)

(11)

See section 150(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)