The Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 361 (S. 37)

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989

Made

7th March 1989

Laid before Parliament

10th March 1989

Coming into force

(a) for the purposes of regulations 16(a), (b)(i) and (c) and 17

9th October 1989

(b) for all other purposes

1st April 1989

The Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred by sections 22(1), (5), (8), (8A) and (9), 29(1) to (3), 31(1), 51(1)(b) and section 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986(1) and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultations with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(3) and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations in so far as they are made under the powers in section 51(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 should not be referred to it(4), by this instrument, which is otherwise made before the end of a period of 12 months from the commencement of the enactments under which it is made, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1986 c. 50; Part II of the Social Security Act 1986 was modified so as to extend to housing benefit in the form of community charge rebates by the Housing Benefit (Social Security Act 1986 Modifications) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1483); section 22 was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), Schedule 10, paragraph 4 and section 84(1) is cited because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(2)

1975 c. 14; section 166(3A) was inserted by section 62 of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of that Act.

(3)

See section 61(7) of the Social Security Act 1986.

(4)

See section 10(2)(b) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30); section 10 was amended by paragraph 98 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security Act 1986.