The Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 1595

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1991

Made

9th July 1991

Coming into force

7th October 1991

Whereas a draft of the following regulations was laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in conjunction with the Treasury(1) and in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1) and 24(1) of the Child Benefit Act 1975(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.  –

(1) These Regulations, which may be cited as the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1991, shall come into force on 7th October 1991.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976(3).

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

2.  In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (weekly rates of child benefit)–

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for the figure “£8.25” there shall be substituted the figure “£9.25”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for the figure “£7.25” there shall be substituted the figure “£7.50”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Michael Jack

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

5th July 1991

We consent,

Thomas Sackville

Nicholas Baker

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

9th July 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Child Benefitand Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976 by providing that the weekly rate of child benefit in respect of an only, elder or eldest child shall be increased to £9.25and in respect of other children to £7.50.

(1)

See section 22(1)(a) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 (c. 61).

(2)

1975 c. 61; section 5(5) was repealed by section 86(2)and Schedule 11 of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50). Section 24(1) is an interpretation provisionand is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(3)

S.I.1976/1267; relevant amending instruments are S.I.1977/1328, 1980/110, 1990/320and 1991/502.