The Housing Benefit (General) (Local Housing Allowance) Amendment Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 238

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit (General) (Local Housing Allowance) Amendment Regulations 2005

Made

7th February 2005

Laid before Parliament

14th February 2005

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(d), 130(2) and (4), 137(1) and (2)(j) and 175(1) and (3) to (6) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(k) and (p) and (6), 189(1), (4) and (7) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2), section 122(3) and (5) of the Housing Act 1996(3), and paragraphs 3(1), 4(4) and (6), 20(1)(b), (2) and (3) and 23(1) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000(4) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(5), and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(6), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 130(2) has been amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), paragraph 174(4) of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) and section 96 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22); section 137(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”; section 175(1) and (4) was amended by paragraph 29(2) and (4) respectively of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), section 175(5) was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18) and section 175(6) was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

(2)

1992 c. 5; section 5(6) was inserted by section 120(1) of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52); section 189(1) was amended by paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), section 189(1) and (4) was amended by paragraph 109 of schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14) and section 189(7) was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47); section 191 is cited for the meaning of “prescribe”.

(3)

1996 c. 52.

(4)

2000 c. 19; paragraph 23(1) of Schedule 7 is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”.

(5)

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

(6)

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