Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

2.—(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 M1 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

F1(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) In regulation 21—

(a)in paragraph (1) the words “to which this regulation applies"; and

(b)paragraph (6),

shall be omitted.

(4) For regulation 29 there is substituted the following regulation—

Payments to persons under age 18

29.  Where benefit is paid to a person under the age of 18 (whether on his own behalf or on behalf of another) the receipt of that person shall be a sufficient discharge to the Secretary of State..

F2(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 1987/1968. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/1686, 1992/247 and 1026, 1993/1113, 1994/2319, 2943 and 3196.