The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 2544

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1996

Made

7th October 1996

Laid before Parliament

11th October 1996

Coming into force

4th November 1996

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(2) hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).