Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2020 No. 33

Social Security

The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made

at 02.00 p.m. on 12th March 2020

Laid before Parliament

at 04.00 p.m. on 12th March 2020

Coming into operation

13th March 2020

The Secretary of State makes the following regulations in exercise of powers conferred by Articles 2, 11(3) and (6) and 74(1)of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 M1 and sections 24(1) and 25(2) of, and paragraphs 1(a) and 2 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 M2 and Articles 5, 13(3)(a) and (4), 43(6) and 48(2) of, and paragraph 4(1), (3)(a) and (4) of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 M3 .

Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 M4 .

Marginal Citations

M1 S.R. 1998 No. 1506 (N.I. 10)

M2 2007 c. 2 (N.I.1). Section 24(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”.

M3 2015 No. 2006 (N.I.1). Article 5 is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”.

M4 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).