The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 2604

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2005

Made

19th September 2005

Laid before Parliament

26th September 2005

Coming into force

31st October 2005

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 2A(1), 189(1), (4) to (6) and (7A) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, 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)

1992 c. 5. Section 2A was inserted by section 57 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30). Section 189(1) and (4) to (6) was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14); section 189(1) was amended by paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21); section 189(7A) was inserted by paragraph 82 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. Section 191 is cited because of the meaning there given to the word “prescribe”.

(2)

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