The Social Security Benefits (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 963

SOCIAL SECURITY

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

HOUSING, SCOTLAND

The Social Security Benefits (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1993

Made

1st April 1993

Laid before Parliament

1st April 1993

Coming into force

22nd April 1993

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1), 130(4), 131(10), 135(1), 136(3) and (5), 137(1) and 175(1) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(h), 6(1)(h), 189(1) and (3) to (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, so far as these Regulations relate to housing benefit and council tax benefit, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(3), and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(4), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 123(1) was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) (“the 1992 Act”), section 103, Schedule 9, paragraph 1(1); section 131(10) was substituted by the 1992 Act, section 103, Schedule 9, paragraph 4; section 137(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1992 c. 5; section 6(1) was amended by the 1992 Act, section 103, Schedule 9, paragraph 11; section 191 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”.

(3)

See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), which was amended by the 1992 Act, Schedule 9 paragraph 23.

(4)

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