Tax Credits Act 2002 Schedule 4 paragraph 16

Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))

Schedule 4 paragraph 16 introduces amendments to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 as a consequence of the Tax Credits Act 2002.

• This paragraph serves as an introductory provision for amendments to Northern Ireland social security legislation
• The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 is modified by the subsequent paragraphs in this part of Schedule 4
• The amendments are consequential changes arising from the introduction of the new tax credits system under the Tax Credits Act 2002
• Northern Ireland has its own social security legislation, separate from Great Britain, requiring parallel amendments

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