The Housing Benefit (Recovery of Overpayments) Amendment Regulations 1998

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 1997/2435 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that statutory instrument.

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 2454

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit (Recovery of Overpayments) Amendment Regulations 1998

Made

5th October 1998

Laid before Parliament

9th October 1998

Coming into force

30th October 1998

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 75(3) to (7), 189(4) to (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(2) and after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(3), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 5; subsections (5) to (7) were added to section 75 by section 16 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47); section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 section 173(1)(b).

(3)

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