The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

The Department for Communities1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 64(1), 70(4), 71(6), 122(1)(a) and (d), 133(2)(a) and 171(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19922, 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, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 20076 and Articles 9(5)(a), 48(1), 82(3), 97(1) and 99(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 20157.