The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 1174

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 1998

Made

7th May 1998

Laid before Parliament

11th May 1998

Coming into force

1st June 1998

The Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to regulation 3(2) of these Regulations and the Secretary of State for Social Security, in relation to the remainder of these Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(1), (2) and (4)(b) and (d), 19(10)(c), 21, 35(1) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraphs 4 and 10(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995(1), sections 123(1), 136(3), (4) and (5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act(2) and sections 5(1)(i) and 189(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(3), and of all other powers enabling each of them in that behalf, after consultation in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State for Social Security to be representative of the authorities concerned(4) and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(5), hereby make the following Regulations:

(1)

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

(2)

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

(3)

1992 c. 5; section 5 was amended to have effect in relation to jobseeker’s allowance by the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), Schedule 2, paragraph 39.

(4)

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

(5)

See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, (c. 5); 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.