Statutory Instruments
SOCIAL SECURITY
Made
10th July 1995
Laid before Parliament
11th July 1995
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 25A(3)(a), 123(1), 130(2) and (4), 136(3) and (5), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in so far as the Regulations relate to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(2) and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(3), hereby makes the following Regulations:
1992 c. 4; section 25A(3)(a), which partly re-enacts provisions of section 57(3)(a) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, was inserted into that Act by section 11(1) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), and came into force on 13th April 1995 in accordance with S.I. 1994/2926; sections 123, 130 and 137 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 were amended to have effect with respect to council tax benefit by section 103 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14); section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”.
See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 176(1) as amended by section 103 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 173(1)(b) and (7); section 173(7) defines “regulations”.