The Social Security Amendment (Capital Disregards and Recovery of Benefits) Regulations 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 1118

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security Amendment (Capital Disregards and Recovery of Benefits) Regulations 2001

Made

21st March 2001

Laid before Parliament

22nd March 2001

Coming into force

12th April 2001

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 136(5)(b), 137(1), 138(1)(a) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 12(4)(b), 35(1) and 36(1) and (2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(2), section 189(4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(3) and sections 29 and 30(1) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997(4) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in respect of regulation 2(2) of these Regulations, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(5) and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(6), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 123(1)(d) was inserted and section 137 amended, with respect to council tax benefit, by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14). Sections 137(1) and 138(4) are interpretation provisions and are 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)

1992 c. 5; section 189(4) to (6) is applied by section 30(4) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27).

(4)

Section 29 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(5)

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

(6)

See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 and paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 added those Acts to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.