2003 No. 770

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(d) and (e), 136(3), (4) and (5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in respect of these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned M2 and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it M3, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M1

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 137(1) is cited for the definition of “prescribed”; section 175(1) and (4) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2).

M2

See section 176(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).

M3

See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of that Act.