The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

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The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

Housing

Made

25 th February 2011

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) , 129 A(2) to (4) and 171(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and now vested in it(2).

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

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and, subject to paragraph (2) , shall come into operation on 18 th March 2011.

(2) Regulations 2 and 3 come into operation on 1 st April 2011.

(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(4) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

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