Department for Social Development

THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 1992

THE SOCIAL SECURITY (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1998

THE WELFARE REFORM ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2007

Notice is hereby given that in exercise of the powers conferred by sections section 5(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Article 21(1)(a) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, and now vested in it, and sections 2(1)(a) and (c) and (4)(a) and (c), 3(1)(c), (2)(b) and (d) and (3), 4(2)(a), (3) and (6)(a) and (c), 5(2) and (3), 8(1) to (3), (4)(a) and (b), (5) and (6), 9(1) to (3) and (4)(a) and (b), 11(1), (2)(a) to (g), (3) to (5), (6)(a) and (7)(c), 12(1), (2)(a) to (h) and (3) to (7), 14(1) and (2)(a) and (b), 16(2)(a) and (4), 17, 18(1), (2) and (4), 20(2) to (7), 23(1) and (3), 24(1), (2)(b) and (3), 25(1) and (2) and 26(1) of, and paragraphs 1(4), 3(2), 4(1)(a) and (c), (3) and (4), 6(1)(b), (2) to (5), (7) and (8) of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 1 to 7, 8(1), 9, 10, 12 and 14 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007, the Department for Social Development has made a regulation entitled the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008 No. 280).

Copies of the regulation may be purchased at an early date from the Stationery Office Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD.

Department for Social Development, Level 1, James House, 2-4 Cromac Avenue, Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 2JA.