
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, 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, Article 74(1) and (7) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and paragraphs 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 23 of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000, 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, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations 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 Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 10th November 2005.
(2) In these Regulations—
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 “the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations
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In regulation 14(2) of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations (termination in cases of a failure to furnish information) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—“
(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b) before the end of the period under regulation 13(4) for the provision of information.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 8th November 2005.
John O'Neill
A senior officer of the
Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to the foregoing RegulationsSealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 9th November 2005.
Jack Layberry
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
