2005 No. 3476

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Amendment Regulations 2005

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 74(2), 189(1) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 19921.

In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of that Act he has obtained the agreement of the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Amendment Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 19th January 2006.

Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 19882

In the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 19882 in regulation 8(1) (duplication and prescribed payments) after sub-paragraph (j) add—

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payments under the Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 20053.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Stephen C. TimmsMinister of State,Department for Work and Pensions

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 8 of those Regulations to include payments made under the Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities and the voluntary sector.