The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Subsidy) Regulations 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 781

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Subsidy) Regulations 1994

Made

15th March 1994

Laid before Parliament

21st March 1994

Coming into force

11th April 1994

The Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 137(2) and (3), 140(7), 189(1) and (3) to (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of authorities concerned(2) and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that these Regulations should not be referred to it(3), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 5; section 140(7) was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), section 103, Schedule 9, paragraph 21(7), but the section as originally enacted continues in force by virtue of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (Community Charge Benefits) Savings and Transitional Order 1993 (S.I.1993/232).Section 191 is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribe”.

(2)

See section 176(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

(3)

See section 173(1)(b) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; section 173(7) defines “regulations”.