The Benefit Cap (Annual Limit) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Made: 26th September 2023

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Amendment of the Welfare Reform Order

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Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations

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Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations

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Revocation

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 26th September 2023

David Tarr — A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: The Department for Social Development was renamed the Department for Communities in accordance with section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.)).

[^f00002]: S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1).

[^f00003]: S.I. 2020/927.

[^f00004]: Assessment period has the same meaning as in Article 12(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.

[^f00005]: 1992 (c. 7); section 129 (2A) and preceding words inserted (1.4.2003) by The Housing Support Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 S.I 2002/3154, Article 8(2).

[^f00006]: Article 101(5A) was inserted by the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016, S.I. 2016/999.

[^f00007]: S.R. 2016 No. 216. Regulation 80A was inserted by S.R. 2016 No. 375.

[^f00008]: S.R. 2006 No. 405. Regulation 73CA was inserted by S.R. 2016 No. 375.

[^f00009]: S.R. 2023 No. 42.

Editorial notes