The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 325

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003

Made

17th February 2003

Laid before Parliament

20th February 2003

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Instrument 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), by this Instrument, which contains only regulations made by virtue of or consequential upon paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, and in so far as it relates to that paragraph section 14 of, the State Pension Credit Act 2002(2) and which is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions(3), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

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

(3)

See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.