The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 2303

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2004

Made

27th August 2004

Laid before Parliament

10th September 2004

Coming into force

for the purposes of regulations 1, 2(1) to (3) and 3(1) to (3)

4th October 2004

for all other purposes

6th October 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(d) and (e), 131(10), 137(1) and (2)(h) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(a) and (k), 6(1)(a) and (l), 189(1) and (4) to (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(3) and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(4), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4. Section 131 was substituted and section 137 was amended to have effect with respect to council tax benefit by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14). Section 137(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1992 c. 5. Section 191 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”.

(3)

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

(4)

See: section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.