- Latest available (Revised)
- Point in Time (14/10/2002)
- Original (As made)
Version Superseded: 06/03/2006
Point in time view as at 14/10/2002.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Social Security Amendment (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) Regulations 2002.
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.
Statutory Instruments
SOCIAL SECURITY
Made
30th July 2002
Laid before Parliament
7th August 2002
Coming into force
14th October 2002
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 135(1), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992M1 and sections 4(5), 35(1) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995M2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the organisations concernedM3 and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations shall not be referred to itM4, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Marginal Citations
M11992 c. 4; sections 123(1) and 137(1) 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(1) and 9; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.
M21995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.
M3 See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).
M4 See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5); paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18) added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” under which proposals in respect of regulations must normally be referred to the Committee. Section 173(7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 defines “regulations”.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) Regulations 2002 and shall, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, come into force on 14th October 2002.
(2) Regulation 2 of these Regulations shall, in relation to a claimant for income support, have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 14th October 2002 and in this paragraph the expressions “benefit week” and “claimant” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations M5.
(3) Regulation 2 of these Regulations shall, in relation to a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance, have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 14th October 2002 and in this paragraph the expression “benefit week” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations M6.
(4) In these Regulations—
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M7;
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M8.
Marginal Citations
M5The definition of “benefit week” was amended by S.I. 1988/1445.
M6The definition of “benefit week” was amended by S.I. 1996/1517 and 2538.
M7S.I. 1987/1967. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2555 and 2002/668.
M8S.I. 1996/207. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2555 and 2002/668.
2.—(1) In Column (2) of the table in each of the paragraphs specified in paragraph (2) below (personal allowances in respect of a child or young person) M9—
(a)in entry “(a)”, for the sum “£33.50” there shall be substituted the sum “ £37.00 ”;
(b)in entry “(b)”, for the sum “£34.30” there shall be substituted the sum “ £37.80 ”.
(2) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) above are—
(a)paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations;
(b)paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;
(c)paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 M10;
(d)paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 M11.
Marginal Citations
M9The relevant amounts were inserted in each case by S.I. 2002/668.
M10S.I. 1987/1971. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2555 and 2002/668.
M11S.I. 1992/1814. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2555 and 2002/668.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
P. Hollis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
30th July 2002
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I.1987/1971) and the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I.1992/1814).
In particular, regulation 2 of these Regulations increases by £3.50 from 14th October 2002, the amounts of the weekly personal allowance applicable in respect of children and young persons in income support, jobseeker’s allowance, housing benefit and council tax benefit.
These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Point in Time: This becomes available after navigating to view revised legislation as it stood at a certain point in time via Advanced Features > Show Timeline of Changes or via a point in time advanced search.
Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including: