1999 No. 3156
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999
Made 25th November 1999
Coming into force 29th November 1999

Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;
1995 c. 18.
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to Parts I and II of the Regulations, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in relation to Part III of the Regulations (other than in relation to provisions relating to disabled person’s tax credit and working families' tax credit), and the Treasury, in relation to provisions in Part III of the Regulations relating to disabled person’s tax credit and working families' tax credit, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 12(1), (4)(a) and (b), 19(2), (8)(b) and (10)(c), 20(4) and (6), 21, 29(1), (3), (5), (6)(a) and (c), 35(1) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 and sections 123(1), 136(3), (5)(a), (b) and (c), 137(1) and (2)(d) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling each of them in that behalf, 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 for Social Security to be representative of the authorities concerned and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, and whereas these Regulations are made with a view to ascertaining whether their provisions will, or will be likely to, encourage persons to obtain work or will, or will be likely to, facilitate the obtaining by persons of work, hereby make the following Regulations:
Disability working allowance and family credit were renamed respectively as disabled person’s tax credit and working families' tax credit by section 1(1) of the Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10).
Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.
1992 c. 4; sections 123 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”; section 137(2)(d) was substituted by paragraph 35(3) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995.
See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).
See section 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 enactments regulations under which must normally be referred to the committee.