Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2011 No. 356

Social Security

The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Carer’s Allowance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Made

10th October 2011

Coming into operation

31st October 2011

The Department for Social Development is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to social security(2).

Accordingly the Department for Social Development makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act, sections 75(1) and 171(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3), sections 5(1)(b) and 165(4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(4) and Articles 11(6) and 74(3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(5) and now vested in it(6).

(1)

1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)

(2)

S.I. 2010/2473

(3)

1992 c. 7; section 75(1) was amended by paragraph 39 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1 (N.I.)); see also section 11(3) of that Act

(4)

1992 c. 8

(5)

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

(6)

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