Statutory Instruments
SOCIAL SECURITY
Made
29th July 1997
Coming into force
1st September 1997
Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(1) and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to Parts I to V and VII of these Regulations, and the Secretary of State for Social Security, in relation to Part VI of these Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(2) and (4), 7(4), 19(8)(b) and (10)(c), 29(1), (3), (4) and (6), 35, 36(2) and (4) and 40 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and by sections 123(1)(d) and (e) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(2), and of all other powers enabling each of them in that behalf, and after agreement, in respect of Part VI of these Regulations, by organisations appearing to the Secretary of State for Social Security to be representative of the authorities concerned, that consultations should not be undertaken(3) and, in respect of all Parts of these Regulations, by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(4) and whereas these Regulations are made with a view to ascertaining whether their provisions will, or will be likely to, encourage persons to obtain work or will, or will be likely to, facilitate the obtaining by persons of work, hereby makes the following Regulations:
See section 176(2)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, 1992 c. 5.
See section 170 and section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administra tion Act 1992; paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.