The Universal Credit (Persons who have attained state pension credit qualifying age) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2020 No. 119

Social Security

The Universal Credit (Persons who have attained state pension credit qualifying age) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made

25th June 2020

Laid before Parliament

29th June 2020

Coming into operation

25th November 2020

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(d), 132(1), (3) and (4)(b), 133(1) and (2)(l) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(m), 165(1) and (4) and 167(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), Articles 2(2), 11(6) and 74(1) and (3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(3), paragraphs 4(5), 20(1)(b) and 23(1) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(4), sections 5, 15(1)(e), (3) and (6)(b), 17(1) and (2)(a) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(5) and Articles 5, 48(1) and (2)(a) of, and paragraphs 1 and 4(1)(a) of Schedule 6 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(6).

Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(7).

(1)

1992 c. 7. Section 133(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”. 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 S.I. 1999/671 and by section 18(5) of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 (c. 7). Section 167(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”, which definition was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), and of “regulations”.

(3)

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10). Article 2(2) is cited for the meaning of “prescribe”. Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002.

(4)

2000 c. 4 (N.I.). Paragraph 23(1) of Schedule 7 is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”.

(5)

2002 c. 14 (N.I.). Section 5 was amended by paragraph 148 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33). Section 17(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(6)

S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1). Article 5 is cited for the meaning of “regulations”.

(7)

Article 4(1) was amended by Article 4(2)(a) of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/999 (N.I. 1). Functions under or for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 are vested in the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.)).