The Social Fund (Budgeting Loans) (Applications and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2015

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund (Budgeting Loans) (Applications and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2015 and shall come into force on 22nd July 2015.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1);

“applicant” means the person by or on behalf of whom the application for a budgeting loan is made; and

“budgeting loan” means a payment by way of budgeting loan under section 138(1)(b) of the Act.

(1)

1992 c. 4. Relevant amendments to that Act for the purposes of these Regulations are as follows. Section 138(1) was substituted by section 70 of the Social Security Act 1998 and amended by section 71 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. Section 139(4) was amended by paragraph 72(4) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998. Sections 138(1)(b), (3) and (5) and 139 were repealed by the Welfare Reform Act 2012, section 70(1) and Schedule 14, Part 8, subject to the savings provisions set out in article 3 of the commencement order. Article 3(1)(a) and (2)(a) provides that sections 138(1)(b), (3) and (5) and 139 continue to have effect in so far as they relate to budgeting loans.