The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 562

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

Made

4th March 1998

Laid before Parliament

10th March 1998

Coming into force

31st March 1998

The Secretary of State for Social Security, with the consent of the Treasury(1), in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 140B, 140C(1), (2) and (4), 140E and 189(1) and (4) to (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2), section 122(4) of and paragraph 5 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act 1996(3) and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, after consultation, in accordance with section 176(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(4), with organisations appearing to her to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

See section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5); amended by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52).

(2)

1992 c. 5; sections 140B, 140C and 140E were inserted by section 121 of and paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act 1996; section 140B was amended by section 10 of, paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47); Section 140C(4) gives it retrospective effect.

(3)

1996 c. 52; section 189(3) to (7) of the Social Security Administration Act is applied to paragraph 5 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act by paragraph 5(3) of that Schedule.

(4)

Section 176(1)(b) was amended by paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996.