The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 470

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Made

1st March 1994

Laid before Parliament

3rd March 1994

Coming into force

for the purposes of regulations 1 and 2, and 3 in part

1st April 1994

for the remaining purposes of regulation 3

4th April 1994

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 131(3)(b), 137(1) and (2)(i) and 175(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(2), and after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee(3), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 131(3)(b) was substituted by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

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

(3)

See section 172(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.