2021 No. 345
Social Security
The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
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), 129A(1), 131(1), 132(3) and (5), 132A(3) and 171(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19922, Articles 6(5) and 14(1) and (4) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 19953, paragraph 8 of schedule 1 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 19974, and now vested in it5, sections 15(3) and (6) and 19(1) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 20026, sections 4(2), 17(1) and (3) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 20077 and Article 48(1) of, and paragraph 4(1) and (3) of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 20158.
These powers are exercisable by the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Cessation of Transitory Provision) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/927)
Regulations 5 and 6 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance9