The Community Charge Benefits (General) Amendment Regulations 1990

Statutory Instruments

1990 No. 834

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Community Charge Benefits (General) Amendment Regulations 1990

Made

30th March 1990

Coming into force

1st April 1990

Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 83(3) of the Social Security Act 1986 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament —

Now therefore the Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(1)(d), (8F)(b) and (11), 21(6)(c) and (7), 22(1), (8) and (9), 22A(1), (4) and (7), 22B(3), 31A(1) to (3), 31B(6)(b), 31C(1) and (2), 31D(3) and (5), 31E(1), 51A(1)(a) to (c), (h), (i), (j), (kk), (l), (n) and (oo), 83(2) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 (1), section 9A(6) of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Act 1987 (2), section 13A(7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (3)and sections 165A(1) and 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975 (4) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned (5) and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make the Regulations should not be referred to it (6), hereby makes the following Regulations:—

(1)

1986 c. 50; sections 20(1)(d) and (8F), 21(6)(c), 22A, 22B, 31A, 31B, 31C, 31D, 31E and 51A were inserted in the Social Security Act 1986 and section 83(3) was amended by Schedule 10 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41); sections 22B and 31D were amended and paragraphs (kk) and (oo) were inserted in section 51A(1) by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, paragraph 9; and section 84(1) is cited because of the meanings assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(2)

1987 c. 47; section 9A was inserted by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), section 143.

(3)

1988 c. 41; section 13A was inserted by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, Schedule 5, paragraph 5.

(4)

1975 c. 14; section 165A(1) was substituted by the Social Security Act 1986, Schedule 10, paragraph 87 and amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8 paragraph 9; the section was extended to apply to income related benefits by the 1986 Act, Schedule 10, paragraph 48; section 166(3) was amended by the Social Security Act 1989, Schedule 10, subsection (3A) was inserted by the Social Security Act 1986, section 62(1) and the section is applied by section 83(1) of the 1986 Act.

(5)

See section 61(7) of the Social Security Act 1986 which was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), Schedule 10, paragraph 10.

(6)

See the Social Security Act 1986, section 61(1)(b) and (10); the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, added a definition of “regulations” to section 61(10) of the Act of 1986.