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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 31st October 2007.
(2) In regulations 4 and 5 “the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992.
(3) In regulations 2 to 4—
“specified benefit” means one or more of the following benefits—
attendance allowance;
bereavement allowance;
bereavement payment;
carer’s allowance;
disability living allowance;
incapacity benefit;
income support;
jobseeker’s allowance;
retirement pension;
state pension credit;
widowed parent’s allowance;
winter fuel payment;
“the Secretary of State” includes persons providing services to the Secretary of State;
“local authority”(1) includes persons providing services to a local authority and persons authorised to exercise any function of a local authority relating to housing benefit or council tax benefit.
See sections 7B(6) and 7A(6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 for the definition of “local authority”.
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