2011 No. 136

Housing; Rates; Social Security

The Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Made

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(d), 131(1), 132(4)(b), 133(2)(h) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19921, sections 5(1)(a), (b), (k) and (q), 105A(1A) to (1E), 106(1A) to (1D) and 165(1) and (4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 19922, Article 74(3), (5) and (6) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 19983, and now vested in it4, and paragraphs 6(7) and 20(1) and (3) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 20005.

Regulations 4(2) and (7) to (9) and 5(2), (7) and (8) are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel6.

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulations 2, 3, 4(2) to (5) and (7) to (9), 5(2) to (5), (7) and (8) and 6 should not be referred to it 7.