The Social Security (Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 2327

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004

Made

7th September 2004

Laid before Parliament

13th September 2004

Coming into force

for the purposes of regulations 1, 2(10)(a)(iii) and (iv) and (b) and (22), 3(4), (10)(a)(iii) and (iv) and (b) and (22) and 7(1) to (4) and (6)

4th October 2004

for the purposes of regulation 8

6th October 2004

for all other purposes

4th April 2005

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 130(4), 131(10)(a), 135(1), 136(1) and (3) to (5), 136A(3) and (4)(a), 137(1) and (2)(c), (d) and (h) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(h), 189(1), (4) and (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2), sections 4(5) and 35(1) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(3), sections 10(6), 79(1) and 84 of the Social Security Act 1998(4), paragraphs 4(6), 20(1)(b) and 23(1) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000(5) and sections 2(3)(b), 15(1)(j) and (6)(b), 16(2)(a) and 17(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002(6) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(7) and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(8), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4. Section 136A was inserted by Schedule 2, paragraph 3 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16). Section 137(1) is cited for the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1992 c. 5. Section 191 is cited for the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(3)

1995 c. 18. Section 35(1) is cited for the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(4)

1998 c. 14. Section 84 is cited for the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”.

(5)

2000 c. 19. Paragraph 23(1) is cited for the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(6)

2002 c. 16. Section 17(1) is cited for the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(7)

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

(8)

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