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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Social Security
Made
20th April 2021
Coming into operation
12th May 2021
The Department for Communities(1), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 70(8), 122(1)(a) and (d), 123, 129, 131(1), 133(2)(h) and (l), 167D and 171(1) and (3) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2)), Articles 6(5) and (12), 8(4), 9(4), and 36(2) of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3) and now vested in it(4) and sections 2(3), (4), (6) and (9), 3(8), 17(2)(a) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(5), sections 4(2) and (3), 24(1) and 25(2) of, and paragraph 6(8) of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 1(a) and 2 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(6) and Articles 7(2), 11(1) and 48(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(7).
The Department for Social Development was renamed the Department for Communities in accordance with section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))
1992 c. 7. Section 167D was inserted by Article 8(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)). Section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)
S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15). Articles 8 and 9 are maintained in operation in certain circumstances by Article 9 of S.R. 2017 No. 190
Functions previously discharged by the Department of Health and Social Services were transferred to the Department for Social Development in accordance with Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
2007 c. 2 (N.I.). Sections 2 and 4 were repealed for certain purposes by the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015
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