The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1988

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987. They are made before the end of the period of 12 months from the commencement of the enactments under which they are made and are therefore exempt, under section 61(5) of the Social Security Act 1986, from the requirement in section 10 of the Social Security Act 1980 to refer proposals to make the regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

The Regulations contain amendments—

(1) flowing from section 3 of the Social Security Act 1988 (regulations 2(3), 3(1) and 3(3) in so far as it relates to family credit) and paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 and the repeal in Schedule 5 of that Act of section 23(8) of the Social Security Act 1986 (regulations 6 and 10(a));

(2) which save the Family Income Supplements Act 1970 and the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 and the regulations made thereunder for the purposes of claims for and payments of family income supplement and supplementary benefit (regulation 12);

(3) relating to the procedure for claiming family credit, income support and social fund payments (regulations 2(3), 5 and 10);

(4) to regulation 35 enabling deduction to be made from a social fund payment made in respect of a debt and enabling payment to be made direct to a creditor (regulation 7);

(5) which make minor corrections (regulations 8, 9, and 11).