The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents and Partners) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 2428

Social Security

The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents and Partners) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Made

6th October 2011

Laid before Parliament

10th October 2011

Coming into force

31st October 2011

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2A(1), (2B), (3)(b) and (e), (5), (6) and (8), 2AA(1), (6) and (7), 189(1), (4)(a), (5) and (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(1), and sections 12(1), 13(1), 24(1) and (3B) and 25(2), (3) and (5) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007(2).

In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 the Secretary of State has obtained the agreement of the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to them.

(1)

1992 c.5. Section 2A was inserted by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30). Subsection (1) was amended by section 35 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24). Subsections (2A) and (2B) were inserted by section 3(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009. Subsection (8) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “specified”. Section 2AA was inserted by the Employment Act 2002, section 49. Subsection (1) was amended by section 35 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009. Subsection (7) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “specified”. Section 189(1) was amended by section 86 of, and paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to, the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14), by paragraph 57 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 1999 (c.2) and by Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21). Section 189(4) and (5) was amended by section 86 of, and paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to, the Social Security Act 1998. Section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”, and that definition of “prescribe” was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5).

(2)

2007 c.5. Section 12(1)(b) was amended by section 3 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24). Section 24(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”. Paragraph (3B) of section 24 was inserted by section 3(5) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009.