Other Notices

STATE PENSION CREDIT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002WELFARE REFORM ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2007SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 19922020-10-30TSO (The Stationery Office), customer.services@thegazette.co.uk36665448309

DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES

THE SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 1992,

JOBSEEKERS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1995,

STATE PENSION CREDIT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002,

WELFARE REFORM ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2007,

WELFARE REFORM (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 2015

THE SOCIAL SECURITY (CORONAVIRUS) (PRISONERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2020

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020 No. 63) in response to the continuing outbreak of coronavirus in Northern Ireland.

Those Regulations made provision to enable individuals on temporary release from prison due to the outbreak of coronavirus in Northern Ireland to access means tested benefits during the period of that release.

Following a review by the Department of the operation of the Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020, regulation 2 amends the provision by which those Regulations expire after 8 months so that they now expire 14 months after they came into operation.

Copies of the Rule may be purchased from the Stationery Office at www.tsoshop.co.uk or by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0333 202 5070 or viewed online at www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.