Part 5

Social security: general

Information-sharing involving local authorities etc

Sections 130 to 132: supplementary
133
1
In sections 130 and 131—
- “benefit” includes any allowance, payment, credit or loan;
- “local authority” means—
  1. a county or district council in England;
  2. an eligible parish council (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Localism Act 2011);
  3. a London borough council;
  4. the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;
  5. the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
  6. a county or county borough council in Wales;
  7. a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
- “prescribed” means prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
2
Any power to make regulations under sections 130 and 131 includes power—
a
to make different provision for different purposes, cases and areas;
b
to make such incidental, supplemental, consequential, transitional or saving provision as the Secretary of State thinks necessary or expedient.
3
Regulations under sections 130 and 131 must be made by statutory instrument.
4
A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 130 or 131 is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
5
Until the coming into force of provision for identifying eligible parish councils within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Localism Act 2011, the reference in subsection (1) to an eligible parish council within the meaning of that Chapter is to be read as a reference to an eligible parish council within the meaning of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2000.
6
The following are repealed—
a
sections 42 and 43 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
b
section 69(2)(a) of that Act.
S. 133(1)-(4) in force at 20.3.2012 by S.I. 2012/863, art. 2(1)(i)
S. 133(6) in force at 2.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1651, art. 2 (with art. 3)