The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 369

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2005

Made

21st February 2005

Laid before Parliament

25th February 2005

Coming into force

20th March 2005

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with the consent of the Treasury (1), in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 140B(1), (3) and (4), 140C(1), 140F(2) and 189(1) and (4) to (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned (3), hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

See section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) (“the 1992 Act”), which was amended by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27), paragraph 57(3) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc) Act 1999 (c. 2) (“the 1999 Act”) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2992 (c. 21) (“the 2002 Act”).

(2)

1992 c. 5. Sections 140B and 140F were inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act 1996. Section 140B(1) was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47) (“the 1997 Act”); section 140B(4) was substituted by section 10 of the 1997 Act; section 189(1) was amended by paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act and Schedule 6 to the 2002 Act; section 189(7) was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), and paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act.

(3)

See section 176(1)(b) of the 1992 Act; a relevant amendment was made by paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996.