
2003 No. 312
HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY
The State Pension Credit (Decisions and Appeals – Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
Made 18th June 2003
Coming into operation 19th June 2003
The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 74(1) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to, the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, and now vested in it, and paragraphs 6(4)(b) and 20(1)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000, 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 3 is 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 State Pension Credit (Decisions and Appeals – Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 19th June 2003.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations
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In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (decisions against which no appeal lies: claims and payments) –
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) after sub-paragraph (k), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph –“
(kk) regulation 26B (as to the time and manner of payment of state pension credit);”.
Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations
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In the Schedule to the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (decisions against which no appeal lies), after paragraph 4 there shall be added the following paragraph –“
5. 
No appeal shall lie against the calculation or estimation of the claimant's, or the claimant’s partner’s income or capital used by a relevant authority in accordance with regulation 23(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (calculation of claimant’s income in savings credit only cases), as modified by the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 18th June 2003.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 3 of the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 18th June 2003.
Jack Layberry
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
