18.—(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “appropriate office”(1) there is substituted—
““appropriate office” means an office of the Department for Work and Pensions;”.
(3) In regulation 19(5)(d)(2) (time for claiming benefit), for “Department of Social Security or of the Department for Education and Employment” there is substituted “Department for Work and Pensions”.
(4) In regulation 26A(2)(3) (jobseeker’s allowance), the words from “except” to the end are hereby revoked.
The definition of “appropriate office” was amended by the Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1460) reg. 2(2) and modified by the Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1843) art. 5(3).
Regulation 19 was substituted by the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/793) reg. 6; regulation 19(5)(d) was amended by the Tax Credits (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2572) reg. 10(a) and by the Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3108) reg. 18, Sch. 3, para. 2(1), (6).
Regulation 26A was inserted by the Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1460) reg. 2(14).