The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 1671

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 1997

Made

8th July 1997

Laid before Parliament

11th July 1997

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred on her by sections 123(1), 130(2) and (4), 136(3) and (5), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and sections 12(1) and (4), 35(1) and 36(1) and (2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(2) and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, after consultation in so far as the Regulations relate to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to her to be representative of the authorities concerned(3) and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(4), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; sections 123, 130 and 137 were amended to have effect with respect to council tax benefit by section 103 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14); section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(3)

See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 176(1) as amended by section 103 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

(4)

See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, sections 170 and 173(1)(b) and (7) and the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), Schedule 2, paragraph 67(a); section 173(7) defines “regulations”.