The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 683

Social Security

The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Made

2nd July 2020

Laid before Parliament

3rd July 2020

Coming into force

24th August 2020

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 123(1)(a) and (d), 137(1) and (2)(a) and (i) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 35(1) and 36(2) and (4)(a) of, and paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995(2), sections 1(5)(a) and 17(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002(3), sections 24(1) and 25(2), (3) and (5)(a) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2007(4) and sections 4(5)(a), 40 and 42(1), (2) and (3)(a) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012(5).

In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(6), the Secretary of State has obtained the agreement of the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.

In relation to regulations 5 and 6, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned(7).

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”. Section 175(1), (3) and (4) is applied to provisions of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16) by section 19(1) of that Act. There are amendments to section 137 and section 175(1) but none is relevant.

(2)

1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is cited because of the meaning given to the words “applicable amount”, “prescribed” and “regulations”. Paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 was amended by part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5).

(3)

2002 c. 16; section 17(1) is cited because of the meaning given to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”. There are amendments to section 17(1) but none is relevant.

(4)

2007 c. 5; section 24(1) is cited because of the meaning given to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”. There are amendments to section 24(1) but none is relevant.

(5)

2012 c. 5. Section 40 is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”. There are amendments to section 40 but none is relevant.

(6)

1992 c. 5. The amendments to section 173 are not relevant to these Regulations.

(7)

See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5). The amendments to section 176 are not relevant to these Regulations.