The Family Income Supplements (General) Amendment Regulations 1987

Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 281

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Family Income Supplements (General) Amendment Regulations 1987

Made

27th February 1987

Laid before Parliament

27th February 1987

Coming into force

24th March 1987

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 6(3) of the Family Income Supplements Act 1970(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposals to make these regulations should not be referred to it(2), hereby makes the following regulations:—

Citation and commencement

1.  These regulations may be cited as the Family Income Supplements (General) Amendment Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 24th March 1987.

Insertion of new regulation 3A in the Family Income Supplements (General) Regulations 1980

2.  After regulation 3 of the Family Income Supplements (General) Regulations 1980(3) there shall be inserted the following regulation:—

“Termination of awards

3A.   Notwithstanding any provision in the Act or these regulations, where a claim is made on or after 24th March 1987 the period for which benefit is payable on the claim shall expire on a date not later than 11th April 1988.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

John Major

Minister of State,

Department of Health and Social Security

27th February 1987

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations insert a new regulation 3A in the Family Income Supplements (General) Regulations 1980 which makes provision for awards of family income supplements to terminate not later than 11th April 1988, the day of the coming into operation of the new Family Credit legislation.

(1)

1970 c. 55; section 6(3) was amended by s. 25 of, and paragraph 1(1) and (3) of Schedule 8 to, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41).

(2)

See section 10(2) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30).

(3)

S.I. 1980/1437; there are no relevant amending instruments.