The Income-related Benefits Schemes and Social Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 1944

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits Schemes and Social Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996

Made

23rd July 1996

Laid before Parliament

29th July 1996

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 123(1), 128(3), 129(6), 130(5), 131(3)(b), 135(1), 136(3) to (5), 137(1) and (2)(a), (d), (i) and (1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 63, 78(2), 189(1) and (3) to (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2), sections 36(1) and 40(1) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(3) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in respect of regulations 2, 5, 7, 10, 11 and, in so far as they affect council tax benefit and housing benefit, regulation 13 and the Schedule, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(4), and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it(5), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; sections 123(1)(e) and 131 were substituted by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), sections 103, 118 and Schedule 9; section 124(1)(d) and (e) were inserted by the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), Schedule 2 paragraph 30; section 137(1) is an interpretation section and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1992 c. 5; section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribe”.

(3)

1995 c. 18.

(4)

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

(5)

See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 4); section 173(7) defines “regulations”.