The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 19

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 1998

Made

8th January 1998

Laid before Parliament

8th January 1998

Coming into force

16th January 1998

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and sections 5(1)(i), 59(1) and (2)(c) and 189(1) and (3) to (5) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2) and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(3), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 123(1) was amended to have effect with respect to council tax benefit by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) Schedule 9 paragraph 1(1) and section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1992 c. 5.

(3)

See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).