Statutory Instruments
PENSIONS
Made
4th December 1995
Laid before Parliament
8th December 1995
Coming into force
1st January 1996
The Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred by sections 25(1), 29(1) and 30(1) of the Social Security Act 1989(1) and section 189(4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2) and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the War Pensions Committees (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st January 1996.
(2) In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the War Pensions Committees Regulations 1990(3).
2. In paragraph (2) of regulation 1 of the Principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation)—
(a)for the definition of “area” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““area” in relation to each Committee means the places specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 opposite the name of the Committee;”;
(b)after the definition of “Committee” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““local authority” means, in relation to a War Pensions Committee—
in England, the council of a county, district or London borough, the Council of the Isles of Scilly, the Common Council of the City of London, or a shadow authority, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(4) but excludes a council listed in Schedule 1A (excepted authorities);
in Scotland—
in the period prior to 1st April 1996, a council in respect of which an ordinary election of councillors took place on 6th April 1995 or an islands council;
in any period from and including 1st April 1996 a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(5);
in Wales, a new principal council within the meaning of section 21 of the Local Government Act 1972 as substituted by section 2 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994(6);”.
3. For regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations (establishment of War Pensions Committees) there shall be substituted the following regulation—
2.—(1) Each of the areas specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall have a War Pensions Committee named in accordance with the corresponding entry in column 1 of that Schedule.
(2) In the case of each of the War Pensions Committees established for North and West Wales and for South Wales there appears below its name in English in column 1 of Schedule 1 its name in Welsh and either its Welsh or English name may be used for any purpose.”.
4. For sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (3) of regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations (membership of Committee (except Northern Ireland War Pensions Committee)) there shall be substituted—
“(d)four members each of whom has been nominated by a local authority exercising functions in any part of the area for which the Committee is appointed.”.
5.—(1) For Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out at Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(2) After Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations (as substituted by paragraph (1) of this regulation) there shall be inserted as Schedule 1A the Schedule set out at Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
MacKay of Ardbrecknish
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
4th December 1995
Regulation 5(1)
Regulation 2
| Name of War Pensions Committee | Area for which War Pensions Committee Established |
|---|---|
| Central Scotland War Pensions Committee | Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannan, Dumbarton and Clydebank, the City of Dundee, East Dunbartonshire, the City of Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Perthshire and Kinross and Stirling. |
| Central Southern England War Pensions Committee | The counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Surrey. |
| Chilterns War Pensions Committee | The counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire. |
| Cumbria and Lancaster War Pensions Committee | The county of Cumbria and the City of Lancaster. |
| Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire War Pensions Committee | The counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire. |
| East Anglian War Pensions Committee | The counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. |
| Essex War Pensions Committee | The county of Essex and the London boroughs of Barking, Havering and Redbridge. |
| Greater Manchester and Macclesfield War Pensions Committee | The county of Greater Manchester, other than the metropolitan districts of Bolton and Wigan together with (in the county of Cheshire) the borough of Macclesfield. |
| Kent War Pensions Committee | The county of Kent. |
| Lancashire War Pensions Committee | The metropolitan districts of Bolton, Knowsley, Saint Helens, Sefton and Wigan and the county of Lancashire other than the City of Lancaster. |
| Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire War Pensions Committee | The counties of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. |
| Liverpool, the Wirral and Cheshire War Pensions Committee | The county of Cheshire other than the borough of Macclesfield, the City of Liverpool and the metropolitan borough of Wirral. |
| London North War Pensions Committee | The London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Islington, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. |
| London South War Pensions Committee | The London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth, the Royal Boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and of Kingston upon Thames and the Cities of London and Westminster. |
North and West Wales War Pensions Committee Pwyllgor Pensiynau Rhyfel Gogledd a Gorllewin Cymru | The counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Pembrokeshire and Powys and the county boroughs of Aberconwy and Colwyn and Wrexham. |
| North of Scotland War Pensions Committee | The City of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Highland, Moray, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. |
| North Yorkshire and the Tees War Pensions Committee | The county of North Yorkshire(7) and the boroughs of Middlesborough, Hartlepool, Langbaurgh-on-Tees(8) and Stockton-on-Tees. |
| Northern Ireland War Pensions Committee | Northern Ireland. |
| Northumbria War Pensions Committee | The counties of Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. |
| South East Scotland War Pensions Committee | The Borders, the City of Edinburgh, Fife, Falkirk, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian. |
South Wales War Pensions Committee Pwyllgor Pensiynau Rhyfel De Cymru | The counties of Cardiff, Monmouthshire, and Swansea and the county boroughs of Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil; Neath and Port Talbot; Newport; Rhondda, Cynon, Taff; Torfaen and the Vale of Glamorgan. |
| South West England War Pensions Committee | The counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset and the Isles of Scilly. |
| South West Midlands War Pensions Committee | The counties of Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire. |
| South West Scotland War Pensions Committee | East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Inverclyde, South Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire. |
| South Yorkshire and the Humber War Pensions Committee | The City of Kingston upon Hull, the districts of the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire(9), the metropolitan boroughs of Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham and the City of Sheffield. |
| Sussex War Pensions Committee | The counties of East and West Sussex. |
| West Midlands, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire War Pensions Committee | The counties of Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, the Cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the district of Solihull. |
| West of England War Pensions Committee | The districts of Bath and North East Somerset(10), the City of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Woodspring and the counties of Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. |
| West Yorkshire War Pensions Committee | The Cities of Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield, the borough of Kirklees and the district of Calderdale.” |
Regulation 5(2)
Regulation 2
Avon County Council
Bath City Council
Beverley Borough Council
Boothferry Borough Council
Cleethorpes Borough Council
Cleveland County Council
East Yorkshire Borough Council
Glanford Borough Council
Great Grimsby Borough Council
Holderness Borough Council
Humberside County Council
Kingswood Borough Council
Northavon District Council
Scunthorpe Borough Council
Wandsdyke District Council
York City Council”
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the War Pensions Committees Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1349) with effect from 1st January 1996 (when new appointments fall to be made to the Committees) so that the areas for which the Committees are established reflect the structure of local government as it will exist on 1st April 1996. The Regulations also permit the two Welsh War Pensions Committees to be known by Welsh names, and provide such names for them.
These Regulations do not impose any costs on business.
1989 c. 24; section 30(1) is cited because of the meaning which it ascribes to “prescribe”. Section 25 extends to Northern Ireland by virtue of section 33(6).
1992 c. 5; subsections (4) and (5) of section 189 respectively re-enact subsections (1) and (2) of section 166 of the Social Security Act 1975. Those subsections were applied to section 25 of the 1989 Act by section 29 of the 1989 Act.
S.I. 1990/1349.
S.I. 1994/867.
A new district of York was constituted by article 3 of the North Yorkshire (District of York) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/610) with effect from 8th March 1995. That district will cease to form part of North Yorkshire and become a separate county on 1st April 1996 by virtue of articles 4 and 5(1) of that Order.
This borough is renamed Redcar and Cleveland with effect from 1st April 1996 by virtue of article 9 of the Cleveland (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/187).
The districts of the City of Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire are constituted by article 3 of the Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/600) with effect from 8th March 1995, each area also becoming a county on 1st April 1996 by virtue of article 6 of that Order.
The districts of Bath and North East Somerset, the City of Bristol and South Gloucestershire are constituted by article 3 of the Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/493) with effect from 1st March 1995. On 1st April 1996 the district of Woodspring is renamed North West Somerset by article 4 of that Order, and North West Somerset and the districts constituted by article 3 become counties by virtue of article 6 of the Order.