The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 841

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002

Made

26th March 2002

Laid before Parliament

2nd April 2002

Coming into force

8th April 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), 136(3) and (5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and sections 4(5), 12(1) and (4)(b), 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(2) and sections 134(8)(b) and 139(6)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(3) 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 authorities concerned(4) and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(5), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 123(1)(e) was substituted by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 1(1); section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(3)

1992 c. 5; section 139(6) was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 20(5) and by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 175(3).

(4)

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

(5)

See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to Committee.