The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 574

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005

Made

8th March 2005

Laid before Parliament

10th March 2005

Coming into force

4th April 2005

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 136(3), (5)(a) and (b), 136A(3), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 12(1), (4)(a) and (b), 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(2) and sections 15(1)(j) and (6)(b) and 17(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002(3) and 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(4), and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(5), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4. Section 123(1)(e) was substituted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14). Section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1995 c. 18. Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”. Sections 35(1) and 36(4) were amended by section 2 of, and paragraph 62 and 63 respectively of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Transfer of Functions, etc) Act 1999 (c. 2).

(3)

2002 c. 16. Section 17(1) is cited because of the meaning given to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(4)

See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).

(5)

See sections 170 and 173(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 and paragraph 20 of Schedule II to the State Pension Credit Act added these Acts respectively to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.