The Social Security Amendment (Joint Claims) Regulations 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 518

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security Amendment (Joint Claims) Regulations 2001

Made

22nd February 2001

Laid before Parliament

26th February 2001

Coming into force

19th March 2001

The Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to regulation 2(2) to (4) and (6) and the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to the remainder of these Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(2C) and (4), 4(5), 5(3), 21, 35(1) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraph 8A(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995M1 , sections 22(5), 122(1), 136(5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992M2 , sections 8(1)(c), 10, 12(1)(b), 39(2) and 79(1) and (4) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Act 1998M3 and sections 5(1)(i), 189(1) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992M4 and of all other powers enabling each of them in that behalf, after consultation, in relation to regulation 6, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concernedM5 , by this Instrument which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, section 59 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and which is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of those provisionsM6 , hereby make the following Regulations:

Marginal Citations

M1 1995 c. 18; section 1(4) was amended, and section 1(2C) and paragraph 8A of Schedule 1 inserted, by section 59 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), paragraphs 2(3) and (4) and 16(2). Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.

M2 1992 c. 4; section 22(5) was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995; sections 122(1) and 137(1) are cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribe” and “prescribed” respectively.

M3 1998 c. 14; section 39(2) applies section 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) to the powers in Chapter II and is cited because of the meaning ascribed in section 191 to the word “prescribe”.

M4 Section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”.

M5 See section 176(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

M6 See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and section 91(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.