2020 No. 149

Social Security

The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland – Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made

Coming into operation

The Department for Communities1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 133(2)(a) and (i) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19922, Article 36(2) of, and paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 19953, and now vested in it4, sections 1(5)(a) and 19(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 20025 and section 25(2) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 20076.

Regulations 5 and 6 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance7.