The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 1338

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2003

Made

21st May 2003

Laid before Parliament

27th May 2003

Coming into force

for the purposes of Parts 1 and 3

16th June 2003

for all other purposes

6th October 2003

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the provisions specified in the Schedule to these Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(1), and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

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

(2)

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