2021 No. 345

Social Security

The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Made
16th December 2021
Coming into operation
5th January 2022
The Department for Communities 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 1992 , Articles 6(5) and 14(1) and (4) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 , paragraph 8 of schedule 1 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 , and now vested in it , sections 15(3) and (6) and 19(1) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 , sections 4(2), 17(1) and (3) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 and Article 48(1) of, and paragraph 4(1) and (3) of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 .
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 Finance
The Department for Social Development was renamed the Department for Communities in accordance with section1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))
1992 c. 7
S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)
1997 No. 1183 (N.I. 12)
See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
2002 c. 14 (N.I.)
2007 c.2
S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)
See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment)(Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8));see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(4) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))