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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2013.
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(1) In these Regulations-
 “the principal Regulations” means the Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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(1) After regulation 2 (Interpretation) insert—“
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The Department may, by instrument in writing under seal, delegate any of its functions under Parts III to VII of these Regulations.”
(2) In Schedule 5 (Statutory Provisions Applied For The Purposes Of These Regulations) for the last entry in Column 2 (Modifications) substitute—“After paragraph (d) insert—
(“e) where it relates to benefit under the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, the administration of a scheme made for purposes of Article 13 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.”.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 1st July 2013.
Dr Heather Livingston
A senior officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
