The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 307

Social Security

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017

Made

8th March 2017

Laid before Parliament

9th March 2017

Coming into force

6th April 2017

These Regulations are made by the Treasury in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(2), 3(2) and (3), 10(9)(a) and 175(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and sections 3(2) and (3), 10(9)(a) and 171(3) and (10) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2).

The Secretary of State and the Department for Communities concur in the making of regulation 4 of these Regulations.

(1)

1992 c. 4. Section 2 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions) Act 1999 (c. 2) (“the 1999 Act”), paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), paragraph 171 of Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1) (“ITEPA”) and sections 6 and 15 of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5). Section 3(2) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act, so that the power to make regulations became exercisable by the Treasury with the concurrence of the Secretary of State. Section 10(9)(a) was amended by section 722 of, and paragraphs 169, 174(1) and (12) of Schedule 6 to ITEPA.

(2)

1992 c. 7. Section 3(2) was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) (“the Transfer Order”), so that the power to make regulations became exercisable by the Treasury with the concurrence of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland. The functions of the Department of Health and Social Services were transferred to the Department for Social Development by article 8(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 6 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. (NI) 1999 No. 481). The Department for Social Development was renamed as the Department for Communities by section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.)). Section 171(10) was substituted by paragraph 28(3) of Schedule 3 to the Transfer Order.