The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 1731

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2003

Made

13th July 2003

Laid before Parliament

16th July 2003

Coming into force

8th August 2003

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 124(1)(e), 135(1), 136(1), (3), (4) and (5), 137(1), 138(1)(a) and (4), and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 4(5), 12, 13(2), 35(1), 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(2), section 10(6) of the Social Security Act 1998(3) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in respect of the provisions 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) is substituted and section 137 amended, with respect to council tax benefit, by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14). Section 124(1)(e) is inserted by paragraph 30(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995. Section 137(1) and section 138(4) are interpretation provisions cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”.

(3)

1998 c. 14.

(4)

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

(5)

See section 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and paragraph 67 of the Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 which added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.