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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2005 No. 493

HOUSING; RATES

The Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made

8th November 2005

Coming into operation

10th November 2005

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 129(2), 131(5) and (6), 132(4)(a) and (b), 132A(3), 133(2)(c) and (d) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(a), (b), (hh), (j) and (l), 5A(1) and (2)(b) and 165(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2), Article 74(1) and (7) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(3) and paragraphs 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 23 of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(4), and now vested in it(5), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel(6), and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(7), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 132A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)); section 133(2)(d) was substituted by paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)); section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

(2)

()1992 c. 8; paragraph (hh) was inserted by Article 5 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)); section 5A was inserted by Article 68 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))

(3)

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

(5)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

(6)

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

(7)

See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)