http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/8/section/150Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 19921992-02-13texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-07-29Expert Participation2026-07-09 Part XII Advisory Bodies and the Duty to Consult Consultation with the Social Security Advisory Committee Cases in which consultation with Committee is not required.1501Nothing in any statutory provision shall require any proposals in respect of regulations to be referred to the Committee or the Councilif—ait appears to the Department that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is inexpedient so to refer them; orbthe Committee or the Council has agreed that they shall not be referred.2Where by virtue only of subsection (1)(a) above the Department makes regulations without proposals in respect of them having been referred, then, unless the Committee or the Councilagrees that this subsection shall not apply, the Department shall refer the regulations as soon as practicable after making them.3Where the Department has referred proposals to the Committee or the Council, the Department may make the proposed regulations before the Committee has made its report or, as the case may be, the Council has given its adviceonly if after the reference it appears to the Department that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is expedient to do so.4Where by virtue of this section regulations are made before a report of the Committee has been made, the Committee shall consider them and make a report to the Department containing such recommendations with regard to the regulations as the Committee thinks appropriate; and a copy of any report made to the Department on the regulations shall be laid by it before the Assembly together, if the report contains recommendations, with a statement—aof the extent (if any) to which the Department proposes to give effect to the recommendations; andbin so far as it does not propose to give effect to them, of its reasons why not.5Except to the extent that this subsection is excluded by a statutory provision passed or made after 5th November 1986, nothing in any statutory provision shall require the reference to the Committee or the Councilof any regulations contained in either—aa statutory rule made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into operation of the statutory provision under which those regulations are made; orba statutory rule—iwhich states that it contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, a specified statutory provision; andiiwhich is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into operation of that specified statutory provision.6In this section and in section 151 below—“the Committee” means the Social Security Advisory Committee;“the Council” means the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council;“regulations” means regulations under any statutory provision, whenever passed or made.Words in s. 150(1)(2)(5) inserted (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 89(5) (with s. 95); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.Words in s. 150(3) inserted (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 89(6) (with s. 95); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.Definition in s. 150(6) inserted (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 89(7), (with s. 95); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.