Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 2659
northern ireland
social security
The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Modification) Order 2006
Made
10th October 2006
Laid before Parliament
24th October 2006
Coming into force
15th November 2006
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of October 2006,
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
This Order is made by Her Majesty in Council in exercise of the power conferred by section 87(7) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998( 1 ).
Her Majesty considers it expedient to modify section 87(6) of that Act.
Accordingly, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Modification) Order 2006 and comes into force on 15th November 2006.
Modification of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
2.Subsection (6) of section 87 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 is modified by adding at the end the following paragraphs—
“ (r) the Age-Related Payments Act 2004 ( 2 ) and the Age-Related Payments (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 ( 3 ) ;
(s) the Pensions Act 2004 ( 4 ) and the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 ( 5 ) ” .
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
1998 c.47 . Subsection (6) of section 87 was modified by S.I. 2000/741 , 2000/3254 , 2002/265 and 2003/1890 . Other amendments to section 87 are not relevant to this Order.