The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999

Citation and interpretation E+W+S

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) “the Act" means the Social Security Act 1998;

(b) “the Regulations" means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 M1 ;

(c) “relevant benefit" means any of the benefits to which article 2(c)(i) and (ii) of this Order refers,

[F1 (d) “relevant benefit” also means—

(i) an attendance allowance under section 35 of the Social Security Act 1975;

(ii) a mobility allowance under section 37A of that Act;

(iii) supplementary benefit under section 1 of the Supplementary Benefit Act 1976.]

and references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 1(2)(d) added (16.10.2006) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement Nos. 9 and 11) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2540), arts. 1(2), 3(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1999/991, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.