The Social Security Benefits (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefits (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1st April 2023.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to an application that is made on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force—

(a) for a deduction for a fuel item under paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to the 1987 Regulations or paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the 2013 Regulations;

(b) for supersession in relation to a deduction for a fuel item that is in place under either paragraph on or after that date,

and to any decision made on such an application.

(4) In these Regulations—

“the 1987 Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(1);

“the 2013 Regulations” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013(2);

“fuel item” has the same meaning as in paragraph 6(8) of Schedule 9 to the 1987 Regulations or paragraph 8(8) of Schedule 6 to the 2013 Regulations;

“supersession” means a supersession decision under section 10 of the Social Security Act 1998(3).

(1)

S.I. 1987/1968; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/3178, 2002/3019 and 2013/443.

(2)

S.I. 2013/380.

(3)

1998 c. 14; section 10 has been amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 7 and Part 1 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), paragraph 148 of Schedule 3 to S.I. 2008/2833 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 and Part 8 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5).