2005 No. 2878

SOCIAL SECURITY
CIVIL PARTNERSHIP

The Social Security (Civil Partnership) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2005

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 48(1), 113(1)(b), 122(1), 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 134, 135, 136, 137(1) and 175(1), (3), (4) and (5) of, and paragraphs 2(2), 3B(5)(b)(iii) and 7B(5)(b)(iii) of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M1, sections 5(1)(a), 189(1), (4) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 M2, sections 9(4), 10(6), 79(1), (4) and (6) and 84 of the Social Security Act 1998 M3 and paragraph 20(1) and (3) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 M4, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned M5, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it M6, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M1

1992 c. 4. Section 48(1) was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33). Sections 122(1) and 137(1) are cited because of the meaning there given to the word “prescribed”. Section 123(1)(e) was substituted by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14). Section 175(1) and (4) was amended by paragraph 29(1) and (4) of Schedule 2 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2). Paragraphs 3B and 7B of Schedule 5 were inserted respectively by paragraphs 9 and 11 of Schedule 11 to the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), and were amended by paragraph 5(5) and (12) of the Schedule to S.I. 2005/2053.

M2

1992 c. 5; section 191 is cited for the definition of “prescribe”.

M3

1998 c. 14; section 84 is cited for the definition of “prescribe”.

M5

See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 as amended by section 103 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

M6

See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.