Regulations made by the Department for Social Development and laid before the Assembly under Article 8(4) of the Jobseeker’s (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of 6 months from the date of their coming into operation
2002 No. 243
HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Intercalating Students Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
Made 10th July 2002
Coming into operation 1st August 2002
The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(d), 133(2)(j) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Article 8(4) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, in so far as regulation 2(1) and (2)(a) are concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of that regulation should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Intercalating Students Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2002.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Intercalating students
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(1) In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) –
(a) after “is the period” there shall be inserted “, not exceeding one year,”;
(b) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –“
(b) the day from which the relevant educational establishment has agreed that he may resume attending or undertaking the course,”.
(2) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are –
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) regulation 1(2E) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (interpretation).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 10th July 2002.
Bryan Davis
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 2(1) and (2)(a) of the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 11th July 2002.
V. N. Hewitt
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
