The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2001

Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

11.—(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (h) of regulation 3(2) (claims not required for entitlement to benefit in certain cases)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (i) after the words “regulation 6(2)” there shall be inserted the words “or 6(5)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (ii), for the words “that paragraph” there shall be substituted the words “those paragraphs”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (iii) after the words “regulation 6(3)” there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be, regulation 6(6)”.

(3) At the end of paragraph 3 of Schedule 9A(3) (deductions of mortgage interest from benefit and payment to qualifying lenders), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(9) In the case of a person to whom regulation 6(5) of the Income Support Regulations applies, no part of any relevant benefit shall be paid directly by the Secretary of State to a qualifying lender.”.

(1)

S.I. 1987/1968.

(2)

Regulation 3(h) was added by S.I. 1999/2556.

(3)

Schedule 9A was inserted by S.I. 1992/1026. Paragraph 3 was amended by S.I. 1995/1613, 1996/1460, 1997/827 and 1999/2860 and 3178.