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PART 1GENERAL

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 31st October 2011.

(3) Regulation 6 (amendments to the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982) comes into force on 6th April 2012.

Application

2.  Regulations 9(2) (amendments to the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995) and 23(5) and (6) (amendments to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008) respectively apply only in relation to information requested in the form of a questionnaire first issued to a person on or after 31st October 2011, in accordance with—

(a)regulation 6(1)(b) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995(1) (information required for determining capacity for work); or

(b)regulations 21(1)(b) (information required for determining capability for work) or 36(1)(a) (information required for determining capability for work-related activity) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008(2).

(1)

S.I. 1995/311. Regulation 6(1)(b) was amended and substituted by regulation 2 of S.I 1999/3109.