The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 1987

Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 1854

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 1987

Made

26th October 1987

Laid before Parliament

27th October 1987

Coming into force

11th April 1988

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 29(5)(b), 39(4), 166(2) and 168(1) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975(1), section 12 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Pensions Act 1975(2) and section 89(1) of the Social Security Act 1986(3) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it(4), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1975 c. 14; Schedule 20 is cited both because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “Regulations” and because of the power conferred in the meaning of the expression `child', as inserted by the Child Benefit Act 1975 (c. 61) section 21(1), Schedule 4, paragraph 3.

(4)

See section 10(2)(b) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30).