2007 No. 2911
The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 2007
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 by sections 5(1)(a), 7A(1), (2) and (6)(d), 7B(2) and (5), 189(1) and (4) to (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 M1.
In accordance with section 176(1)(a) of that Act, as regards provisions in the Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, he has consulted organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned.
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it M2.
See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.
1992 c. 5; section 7A was inserted by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), section 71, and was amended by the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5), section 41 which also inserted section 7B; section 191 is cited because of the meaning it gives to “prescribe”, which was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007.