The Social Security (Local Authority Investigations and Prosecutions) Regulations 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 463

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Local Authority Investigations and Prosecutions) Regulations 2008

Made

20th February 2008

Laid before Parliament

27th February 2008

Coming into force

7th April 2008

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 110A(1B) and (1C)(a), 116A(2)(a), 189(4) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(1).

In accordance with section 176(1) of that Act, he has consulted with the organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned (2).

This instrument contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, sections 46 and 47 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 and is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those sections(3).

(1)

1992 c. 5 (“the Act”). Section 110A was inserted by section 12 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47), and was substituted by paragraph 3 of, Schedule 6 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19) (“the 2000 Act”); section 110A was amended by sections 1 and 19 of, and by the Schedule to, the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11) and by section 46 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) (“the 2007 Act”). Section 116A was inserted by section 47 of the 2007 Act. Section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

Section 176(1) was amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14), by section 69(6) of the 2000 Act, and by paragraph 3 of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52).

(3)

See section 173(5)(b) of the Act. The requirement to refer regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee does not apply where regulations are contained in a statutory instrument which is made by virtue of, or consequential upon, a specified enactment before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of that enactment.