SCHEDULE 3 Consequential Amendments
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The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 M1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.
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In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the entry relating to “refugee" there shall be inserted the following entry —
“relevant authority" means a person within section 72(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999M2;
3
In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (4) below, for the words “Secretary of State" there shall be substituted the words “
employment officer
”.
4
Those provisions are —
a
regulation 4(6) M3 (making a claim for benefit); and
b
regulation 6(4A) M4 (date of claim).
5
In regulation 7(1), after the words “Secretary of State" in the first place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “
or, in a case where regulation 4A applies, the relevant authority
”.
6
In regulation 19(5)(d) (time for claiming benefit) M5, after the word “Employment" there shall be inserted the words “
or in a case to which regulation 4A applies, a representative of a relevant authority
”.
7
In paragraph 2A(2)(b) of Schedule 7 M6 after the words “associated office" there shall be inserted the words “
or any office to which a claim may be made in accordance with regulation 4A(1)
”.
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In regulation 32 (information to be given when obtaining benefit), after paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the following paragraph —
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In the case of a person who made a claim for benefit in accordance with regulation 4A(1), a change of circumstances may be notified to a relevant authority at any office to which the claim for benefit could be made in accordance with that provision.