The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.3) Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 2502

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.3) Regulations 2005

Made

7th September 2005

Laid before Parliament

12th September 2005

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(d) and (e), 130(4), 131(10), 135(1), 136(3), (4), (5)(a) and (b), 136A(3), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and sections 5(1)(k), 6(1)(u) and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2) and sections 34(2), 79(1) and (4) and 84 of the Social Security Act 1998(3) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it and after consultation with the organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 123(1)(e) was substituted by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14); section 131 was substituted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992; section 136A was inserted by paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credits Act 2002 (c. 16); section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited for the meaning of the word “prescribed”; sections 175(1) and (4) were amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2); and section 175(5) was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18).

(2)

1992 c. 5; section 189(1) was amended by paragraph 57 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) 1999, Schedule 8 and paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14) and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21); sections 189(4) and (5) were amended by Schedule 8 and paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998.

(3)

1998 c. 14; Section 79(1) was amended by paragraphs 12 and 13 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002; section 84 is cited for the meaning of the word “prescribe”.