The Social Security Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 2863

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 1997

Made

11th December 1997

Laid before Parliament

12th December 1997

Coming into force

5th January 1998

The Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to regulations 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8, and the Secretary of State for Social Security, in relation to the remainder of the Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(5), 12(4)(a) and (b), 19(2), (8)(b) and (10)(c), 20(4), 35(1) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraphs 3(b) and 14(a) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995(1) and sections 123(1), 135(1), 136(5)(a) and (b), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(2), and of all other powers enabling each of them in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(3) and after consultation in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned(4), hereby make the following Regulations:

(1)

1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(2)

1992 c. 4; sections 123(1)(e) and 137 were amended to have effect with respect to council tax benefit by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), paragraphs 1 and 9; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(3)

See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, (c.5); paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.

(4)

See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).