Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 1305

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2001

Made

30th March 2001

Laid before Parliament

4th April 2001

Coming into force

25th April 2001

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 30A(2A) and (6), 122(1) and 175(2) to (4) of, and paragraph 2(8) of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument which contains only regulations made by virtue of sections 62 and 64 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999(2) and which is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions(3), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 30A was inserted by section 1(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), and subsections (2A) and (6) were inserted by section 64 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30); paragraph 2(8) of Schedule 3 was added by section 62(4) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. Section 175(4) was amended by Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2). Section 122(1) is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribe”.

(3)

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