The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment and Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 2229

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment and Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2000

Made

15th August 2000

Laid before Parliament

22nd August 2000

Coming into force

17th September 2000

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 138(1)(a), (2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and section 9(1)(a) of the Social Security Act 1998(2) and of all other powers enabling him 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), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”. Section 175(1) and (4) was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), section 2 and Schedule 3, paragraph 29(1), (2) and (4).

(2)

1998 c. 14.

(3)

See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).