The Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2016 No. 310

Housing; Rates

The Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Made

29th July 2016

Coming into operation

5th September 2016

The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(d), 131(1), 132(1), (3) and (4) and 171(1), (3) and (4), of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(b) and 165(1) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2) and now vested in it(3), and section 60(1) to (4) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(4).

The Regulations are made with the consent of the Department of Finance(5).

(1)

1992 c. 7 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(2)

1992 c. 8 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(3)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

(5)

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)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(4) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016